indescribability

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

in•de•scrib•a•ble /ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbəl/   adj. 

1. not describable:
   a scene of indescribable confusion.

in•de•scrib•a•bly, adv.  : 

indescribably delicious.

See -scrib-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

in•de•scrib•a•ble  (in′di skrī′bə bəl), adj. 

1. not describable;
   too extraordinary for description:
   a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.

• in-³ + describable 1785–95

in′de•scrib′a•bil′i•ty, in′de•scrib′a•ble•ness, n. 
in′de•scrib′a•bly, adv. 
Synonyms

overwhelming, indefinable, unutterable.