INENARRABLE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

inenarrable

adjective

ˌi-ni-ˈner-ə-bəl

Definition of inenarrable

as in incredible

beyond the power to describe the filmmaker's decision to depict the essentially inenarrable phenomenon called love by means of a series of lush metaphors

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In the 29th minute, Argentina sent a pass toward the net, and Messi beat the defense with an incredible first step.

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 4 July 2026
Cape Verde came astonishingly close to taking defending champions Argentina all the way to penalties, eventually falling to a 3-2 extra-time defeat despite an incredible goal from full-back Sidny Lopes Cabral.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of incredible

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The results have often left me highly frustrated, but also have given me indescribable joy at the fact of having absorbed (although only partially, of course) some of the elusive beauty of those marvelous, magical, mysteriously alluring tongues.

— Douglas Hofstadter, Time, 30 June 2026
There has been an indescribable joy sweeping New York City as of late, thanks to an unprecedented week of athletic endeavors.

— Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 18 June 2026

Definition of indescribable

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Nonetheless, Simón stirs up the ineffable sadness that comes with wanting answers to the mysteries of your family — and then, like it or not, receiving them.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
That, for you at least, that ineffable quality that gives a density, a weight.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

Definition of ineffable

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