undescribability

noun

The quality of being indescribable.

Similar
indescribablenessundescribablenessindescribability
Opposite
describabilitydescribableness
OriginEnglish describability ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

nounundescribability (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being indescribable.

    Synonyms: indescribableness, undescribableness, indescribability

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being indescribable.

Similar
indescribablenessundescribablenessindescribability
Opposite
describabilitydescribableness
Also see
indescribablenessundescribableness

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishdescribability
  9. Englishundescribability

From un- + describability.

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APA

undescribability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undescribability

MLA

“undescribability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undescribability. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undescribability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undescribability.

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