as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
an ineffable beauty descends upon the canyon as the sun begins to set
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Recent Examples of ineffable
But even though the family looms large in Egyptian society, so, too, do religious impulses, neighborliness, patriotism, and a certain ineffable warmth and lightheartedness.
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Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
Though there is a playfulness to the track, with lyrics celebrating Ibiza party culture and designer clothes, Sophie’s passing lends an ineffable melancholy to even the most upbeat tracks on the record.
—Juan Velasquez, Them, 23 Sep. 2024
It is seen as an ineffable sacred act that supersedes the other labor that attends it.
—Charlie Engman, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Furnishings, meanwhile, pull from the designer and dealer’s vast repository of personal treasures, with new purchases folded into the ineffable mix.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024
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Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
Though there is a playfulness to the track, with lyrics celebrating Ibiza party culture and designer clothes, Sophie’s passing lends an ineffable melancholy to even the most upbeat tracks on the record.
—Juan Velasquez, Them, 23 Sep. 2024
It is seen as an ineffable sacred act that supersedes the other labor that attends it.
—Charlie Engman, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Furnishings, meanwhile, pull from the designer and dealer’s vast repository of personal treasures, with new purchases folded into the ineffable mix.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineffable
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High-end options feature intense realism, including flocked finishes and incredible body detail.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Before the snow flies weekly in western mountain towns, these crisp cold days can lead to incredible riding conditions—morning frost and just enough sun often give way to silky smooth hero dirt.Lily Ritter, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Another recent work, Goblin Girl (2021), shows a green-skinned creature, her face scrunched up in an indescribable expression—a silly grin, perhaps, or maybe something more menacing.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Althoff, who’s 27 years old, just has it, that indescribable presence, that gravitational pull.Katie Drummond, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
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WandaVision gave the character the space and time to struggle with her grief and commit unspeakable acts in the process.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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Skinwalkers are believed to be those who have committed unspeakable acts, gaining dark powers in return.Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, there is something more cosmic, spiritual and inexpressible about what is missing —a poignant reminder of the profound void left by SOPHIE’s departure from our astral plane.Juan Velasquez, Them, 23 Sep. 2024
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An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers.Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Abstract images composed of indefinable light and inky darkness recur as well, even in his later multiscreen video installations, which are more narrative-driven.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Two high voices — LACO features soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor John Holiday — intertwine with the orchestra turning this hymn to the Virgin Mary’s suffering into unutterable sweetness and treating death as life’s engenderment.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
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In between loads of cartoonish ultraviolence and B-movie horror ephemera came some honestly unutterable lyrics, which Bill fought his faith to perform.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022
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Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
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And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.Washington Post, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
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“Ineffable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffable. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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