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Ineffable

  1. adjective

    defying expression or description

    indefinable yearnings

    Similar: indefinable, indescribable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable

  2. adjective

    too sacred to be uttered

    the ineffable name of the Deity

    Similar: unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable

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