Unspeakable
adjective
Something too horrible or shocking to say or describe.
He witnessed unspeakable acts of violence.
Often appears as...
- unspeakable horror
- unspeakable act
adjective
Unable to be expressed or described in words because of its size, degree, or intensity.
The refugees experienced unspeakable suffering.
Often appears as...
- unspeakable suffering
- unspeakable pain
adjective
Something too horrible or shocking to say or describe.
He witnessed unspeakable acts of violence.
Often appears as...
- unspeakable horror
- unspeakable act
adjective
Unable to be expressed or described in words because of its size, degree, or intensity.
The refugees experienced unspeakable suffering.
Often appears as...
- unspeakable suffering
- unspeakable pain
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Emotion
Use 'unspeakable' to describe extreme negative feelings often related to trauma or horror.
After the earthquake, survivors talked about the unspeakable sadness.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
'Unspeakable' is used figuratively, meaning feelings and events are not actually impossible to describe.
The movie depicted unspeakable evil, haunting the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Condemnation
The term conveys strong disapproval and is often used to criticize morally reprehensible actions.
The dictator was responsible for unspeakable crimes against humanity.
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Emotion
Use 'unspeakable' to describe extreme negative feelings often related to trauma or horror.
After the earthquake, survivors talked about the unspeakable sadness.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
'Unspeakable' is used figuratively, meaning feelings and events are not actually impossible to describe.
The movie depicted unspeakable evil, haunting the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Condemnation
The term conveys strong disapproval and is often used to criticize morally reprehensible actions.
The dictator was responsible for unspeakable crimes against humanity.
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Emotion
Use 'unspeakable' to describe extreme negative feelings often related to trauma or horror.
After the earthquake, survivors talked about the unspeakable sadness.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
'Unspeakable' is used figuratively, meaning feelings and events are not actually impossible to describe.
The movie depicted unspeakable evil, haunting the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Condemnation
The term conveys strong disapproval and is often used to criticize morally reprehensible actions.
The dictator was responsible for unspeakable crimes against humanity.
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Building community in...
commission is they fundamentally wanted two things they wanted the truth about what happened so they could look back in order to move forward and they wanted acknowledgment they wanted somebody in a position of power to look at them and say an unspeakable atrocities was visited upon you and we in the name of
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Erica Frenkel: The...
trying to deliver anesthesia and teach others how to do so using that same equipment that became so unreliable, and frankly unsafe, in his hospital. And after umpteen surgeries and, you can imagine, really unspeakable tragedy, he just said, "That's it. I'm done. That's enough.
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Stories: Legacies of who...
as well as participatory citizenship. So these stories allow me to have conversations, to speak the unspeakable, that many are afraid to have. Once in Eugene, Oregon, a young, blond-haired, blue-eyed boy, middle schooler, at the end of a performance in the dialogue said,
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How film transforms the...
They spray-painted my name and my family's name with unspeakable profanities across our front gate and around our neighborhood. And they felt that my father, who was a strict man of tradition, would stop me. Instead, my father stood in front of me and said,
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If superpowers were...
is through the invention of superheroes and their superpowers. These days a summer doesn't go by without a comic book hero transforming into a giant to defend a girl next door or fly across a screen to protect the human race from unspeakable evil.
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Architecture that's...
one hair follicle -- I pray that I dug it up, and that his whole body would be at peace." We plan to break ground on this memorial later this year, and it will be a place to finally speak of the unspeakable acts that have scarred this nation.
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Don't suffer from your...
Still, I didn't tell anybody about my diagnosis. I was too ashamed. I didn't think I had the right to be depressed. I had a privileged life with a loving family and a successful career. And when I thought about the unspeakable horrors
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A Different Understanding...
while they were being processed under our laws. Feelings around immigration ran hot then, just like now. Even so, I agreed that our Commonwealth would help because sheltering poor children fleeing unspeakable violence
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How Magellan circumnaviga...
A full-blown mutiny soon erupted, which Magellan crushed with unspeakable cruelty. But his problems were only just beginning. During a reconnaissance mission, the "Santiago" was wrecked by a storm.
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
It turns out that tears just aren't much help when you're trying to investigate a genocide. The things I had to see, and feel and touch were pretty unspeakable. What I can tell you is
Video examples
Building community in...
commission is they fundamentally wanted two things they wanted the truth about what happened so they could look back in order to move forward and they wanted acknowledgment they wanted somebody in a position of power to look at them and say an unspeakable atrocities was visited upon you and we in the name of
Video examples
Erica Frenkel: The...
trying to deliver anesthesia and teach others how to do so using that same equipment that became so unreliable, and frankly unsafe, in his hospital. And after umpteen surgeries and, you can imagine, really unspeakable tragedy, he just said, "That's it. I'm done. That's enough.
Video examples
Stories: Legacies of who...
as well as participatory citizenship. So these stories allow me to have conversations, to speak the unspeakable, that many are afraid to have. Once in Eugene, Oregon, a young, blond-haired, blue-eyed boy, middle schooler, at the end of a performance in the dialogue said,
Video examples
How film transforms the...
They spray-painted my name and my family's name with unspeakable profanities across our front gate and around our neighborhood. And they felt that my father, who was a strict man of tradition, would stop me. Instead, my father stood in front of me and said,
Video examples
If superpowers were...
is through the invention of superheroes and their superpowers. These days a summer doesn't go by without a comic book hero transforming into a giant to defend a girl next door or fly across a screen to protect the human race from unspeakable evil.
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Architecture that's...
one hair follicle -- I pray that I dug it up, and that his whole body would be at peace." We plan to break ground on this memorial later this year, and it will be a place to finally speak of the unspeakable acts that have scarred this nation.
Video examples
Don't suffer from your...
Still, I didn't tell anybody about my diagnosis. I was too ashamed. I didn't think I had the right to be depressed. I had a privileged life with a loving family and a successful career. And when I thought about the unspeakable horrors
Video examples
A Different Understanding...
while they were being processed under our laws. Feelings around immigration ran hot then, just like now. Even so, I agreed that our Commonwealth would help because sheltering poor children fleeing unspeakable violence
Video examples
How Magellan circumnaviga...
A full-blown mutiny soon erupted, which Magellan crushed with unspeakable cruelty. But his problems were only just beginning. During a reconnaissance mission, the "Santiago" was wrecked by a storm.
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
It turns out that tears just aren't much help when you're trying to investigate a genocide. The things I had to see, and feel and touch were pretty unspeakable. What I can tell you is
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Rob Manuel
Businessman
Look at the world of both film and indie games, and you'll find a startling similarity between the two when it comes to creating the perfect horror story. The tricks storytellers pull to make your blood run cold never change; a creaking floorboard, the eerie feeling of being watched, wandering into a world filled with unspeakable terror.
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Josh Hutcherson
American Actor
We've seen some insane signs: 'Is that a loaf of bread in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?' Funny stuff along those lines. Very original. One just said, 'I will do unspeakable things.' I thought that was very interesting - and mildly terrifying!
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Linda Chavez
American Author
Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence.
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Charles Stross
British Writer
I don't do villains often enough. There are two approaches: give them sympathetic, reasonable motivations for doing the most unspeakable things, or get inside heads that are interestingly broken.
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Ger Duany
Sudanese Actor
My wish is to be a catalyst, to push for solutions, to broker peace talks, to ensure accountability, especially for those who committed and are still organizing unspeakable crimes.
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Joshua Oppenheimer
British Director
Fiction allows us to both evade truth and to approach it - or, rather, it's fiction that allows us to 'construct' our world. It's haunted by the unimaginable and the unspeakable.
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George Eliot
British Author
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
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Jeremy Podeswa
Canadian Director
Cersei is a character who's done unspeakable things, and yet we also know that she's a mother who's lost her children - that she's been pushed to the end of her tether.
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Steve Scalise
American Politician
In the face of unspeakable evil, our whole nation must respond with countless acts of kindness, warmth and generosity.
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Ira Gershwin
American Musician
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
Quote examples
Rob Manuel
Businessman
Look at the world of both film and indie games, and you'll find a startling similarity between the two when it comes to creating the perfect horror story. The tricks storytellers pull to make your blood run cold never change; a creaking floorboard, the eerie feeling of being watched, wandering into a world filled with unspeakable terror.
Quote examples
Josh Hutcherson
American Actor
We've seen some insane signs: 'Is that a loaf of bread in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?' Funny stuff along those lines. Very original. One just said, 'I will do unspeakable things.' I thought that was very interesting - and mildly terrifying!
Quote examples
Linda Chavez
American Author
Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence.
Quote examples
Charles Stross
British Writer
I don't do villains often enough. There are two approaches: give them sympathetic, reasonable motivations for doing the most unspeakable things, or get inside heads that are interestingly broken.
Quote examples
Ger Duany
Sudanese Actor
My wish is to be a catalyst, to push for solutions, to broker peace talks, to ensure accountability, especially for those who committed and are still organizing unspeakable crimes.
Quote examples
Joshua Oppenheimer
British Director
Fiction allows us to both evade truth and to approach it - or, rather, it's fiction that allows us to 'construct' our world. It's haunted by the unimaginable and the unspeakable.
Quote examples
George Eliot
British Author
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
Quote examples
Jeremy Podeswa
Canadian Director
Cersei is a character who's done unspeakable things, and yet we also know that she's a mother who's lost her children - that she's been pushed to the end of her tether.
Quote examples
Steve Scalise
American Politician
In the face of unspeakable evil, our whole nation must respond with countless acts of kindness, warmth and generosity.
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Ira Gershwin
American Musician
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
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