Meanings
comparative more unforgettable · superlative most unforgettable
- Very difficult or impossible to forget.
The things he subjected me to were horrible and unforgettable.
2 more examples
He had never seen dogs fight as these wolfish creatures fought, and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it.
1903 July, Jack London, “The Law of Club and Fang”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 44The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, [...] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable.
1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419Synonyms: memorable, indelible, memorable, memorious, nameable, rememberable, remembersome · Antonyms: forgettable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery difficult or impossible to forget.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From un- + forget + -able or un- + forgettable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غَيْر مَنْسِيّ, لَا يُنْسَى
- غَيْر مَنْسِيّ (ḡayr mansiyy)very difficult or impossible to forget
- لَا يُنْسَى (lā yunsā)very difficult or impossible to forget
Bulgarian незабрави́м
- незабрави́м (nezabravím)very difficult or impossible to forget
Catalan inoblidable
- inoblidablevery difficult or impossible to forget
Chinese Mandarin 難忘 /难忘, 不能忘的
- 難忘 /难忘 (nánwàng)very difficult or impossible to forget
- 不能忘的 (bù néng wàng de)very difficult or impossible to forget
Czech nezapomenutelný
- nezapomenutelnývery difficult or impossible to forget
Danish uforglemmelig
- uforglemmeligvery difficult or impossible to forget
Dutch onvergetelijk
- onvergetelijkvery difficult or impossible to forget
Esperanto neforgesebla
- neforgeseblavery difficult or impossible to forget
Estonian unustamatu
- unustamatuvery difficult or impossible to forget
Finnish ikimuistoinen, unohtumaton
- ikimuistoinenvery difficult or impossible to forget
- unohtumatonvery difficult or impossible to forget
- mieleenpainuvavery difficult or impossible to forget
French inoubliable
- inoubliablevery difficult or impossible to forget
German unvergesslich
- unvergesslichvery difficult or impossible to forget
Greek αξέχαστος, αλησμόνητος
- αξέχαστος (axéchastos)very difficult or impossible to forget
- αλησμόνητος (alismónitos)very difficult or impossible to forget
Hebrew בִּלְתִּי נִשְׁכָּח
- בִּלְתִּי נִשְׁכָּחvery difficult or impossible to forget
Hindi अविस्मरणीय
- अविस्मरणीय (avismarṇīya)very difficult or impossible to forget
Hungarian felejthetetlen
- felejthetetlenvery difficult or impossible to forget
Irish dodhearmadta
- dodhearmadtavery difficult or impossible to forget
Italian indimenticabile
- indimenticabilevery difficult or impossible to forget
Japanese 忘れられない, 忘れがたい
- 忘れられない (wasurerarenai)very difficult or impossible to forget
- 忘れがたい (wasuregatai)very difficult or impossible to forget
Korean 잊을 수 없다, 잊지 못하다
- 잊을 수 없다 (ijeul su eopda)very difficult or impossible to forget
- 잊지 못하다 (it-ji mothada)very difficult or impossible to forget
Latin memorābilis, recordābilis
- memorābilisvery difficult or impossible to forget
- recordābilisvery difficult or impossible to forget
Norwegian Bokmål uforglemmelig
- uforglemmeligvery difficult or impossible to forget
Polish niezapomniany
- niezapomnianyvery difficult or impossible to forget
Portuguese inesquecível
- inesquecívelvery difficult or impossible to forget
Romanian de neuitat, neuitabil
- de neuitatvery difficult or impossible to forget
- neuitabilvery difficult or impossible to forget
Russian незабыва́емый, незабве́нный
- незабыва́емый (nezabyvájemyj)very difficult or impossible to forget
- незабве́нный (nezabvénnyj)very difficult or impossible to forget
Slovak nezabudnuteľný
- nezabudnuteľnývery difficult or impossible to forget
Spanish inolvidable
- inolvidablevery difficult or impossible to forget
Swedish oförglömlig
- oförglömligvery difficult or impossible to forget
Turkish unutulmaz
- unutulmazvery difficult or impossible to forget
Ukrainian незабу́тній
- незабу́тній (nezabútnij)very difficult or impossible to forget
Vietnamese không thể quên
- không thể quênvery difficult or impossible to forget
Welsh cofiadwy
- cofiadwyvery difficult or impossible to forget
Yiddish אומפֿאַרגעסלעך
- אומפֿאַרגעסלעך (umfargeslekh)very difficult or impossible to forget
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unforgettable
All rhymes →Cite this entry
unforgettable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unforgettable
“unforgettable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unforgettable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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