Inexpressible
adjective
Something that cannot be put into words because it's too strong or complicated.
The relief she felt was inexpressible, she had no words to describe it.
Often appears as...
- inexpressible joy
- inexpressible relief
adjective
Something that cannot be put into words because it's too strong or complicated.
The relief she felt was inexpressible, she had no words to describe it.
Often appears as...
- inexpressible joy
- inexpressible relief
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Pro Tip 1/3Strong Emotions
Use 'inexpressible' when feelings are too powerful to describe fully.
His inexpressible grief at the news left him speechless.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Words
'Inexpressible' indicates experiences that go beyond what words can convey.
The view from the mountain summit was of inexpressible beauty.
Pro Tip 3/3Complex Situations
It's used when a situation is so complex, it's hard to communicate with language.
The novel's inexpressible complexity made it a challenging read.
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Emotions
Use 'inexpressible' when feelings are too powerful to describe fully.
His inexpressible grief at the news left him speechless.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Words
'Inexpressible' indicates experiences that go beyond what words can convey.
The view from the mountain summit was of inexpressible beauty.
Pro Tip 3/3Complex Situations
It's used when a situation is so complex, it's hard to communicate with language.
The novel's inexpressible complexity made it a challenging read.
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Emotions
Use 'inexpressible' when feelings are too powerful to describe fully.
His inexpressible grief at the news left him speechless.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Words
'Inexpressible' indicates experiences that go beyond what words can convey.
The view from the mountain summit was of inexpressible beauty.
Pro Tip 3/3Complex Situations
It's used when a situation is so complex, it's hard to communicate with language.
The novel's inexpressible complexity made it a challenging read.
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Why should you read...
by a twentieth century poet. While her work can be shocking in its rage and trauma, Plath casts her readers as witnesses– not only to the truth of her psychological life, but to her astounding ability to express what often remains inexpressible.
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Why should you read...
by a twentieth century poet. While her work can be shocking in its rage and trauma, Plath casts her readers as witnesses– not only to the truth of her psychological life, but to her astounding ability to express what often remains inexpressible.
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George Edward Woodberry
American Critic
Art is expression; what is expressed is often the vision of a subtle and powerful soul, and also his experience with his vision; and however vivid and skilful he may be in the means of expression, yet it is frequently found that the master-spell in his work is something felt to be indefinable and inexpressible.
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Shashi Tharoor
Indian Public Servant
Five decades ago, as India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, began visibly ailing, the nation and the world were consumed by the question: 'After Nehru, who?' The inexpressible fear lay in the subtext to the question: 'After Nehru, what?
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Johann Georg Hamann
German Philosopher
Every phenomenon of nature was a word, - the sign, symbol and pledge of a new, mysterious, inexpressible but all the more intimate union, participation and community of divine energies and ideas.
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Erica Jong
American Novelist
In poetry you can express almost inexpressible feelings. You can express the pain of loss, you can express love. People always turn to poetry when someone they love dies, when they fall in love.
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David Bowie
English Musician
There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means.
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Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.
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Nick Flynn
American Writer
Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
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Jenny Holzer
American Artist
The most profound things are inexpressible.
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George Edward Woodberry
American Critic
Art is expression; what is expressed is often the vision of a subtle and powerful soul, and also his experience with his vision; and however vivid and skilful he may be in the means of expression, yet it is frequently found that the master-spell in his work is something felt to be indefinable and inexpressible.
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Shashi Tharoor
Indian Public Servant
Five decades ago, as India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, began visibly ailing, the nation and the world were consumed by the question: 'After Nehru, who?' The inexpressible fear lay in the subtext to the question: 'After Nehru, what?
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Johann Georg Hamann
German Philosopher
Every phenomenon of nature was a word, - the sign, symbol and pledge of a new, mysterious, inexpressible but all the more intimate union, participation and community of divine energies and ideas.
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Erica Jong
American Novelist
In poetry you can express almost inexpressible feelings. You can express the pain of loss, you can express love. People always turn to poetry when someone they love dies, when they fall in love.
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David Bowie
English Musician
There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means.
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Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.
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Nick Flynn
American Writer
Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
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Jenny Holzer
American Artist
The most profound things are inexpressible.
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