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unsayable adjective uk /ʌnˈseɪ.ə.bəl/ us /ʌnˈseɪ.ə.bəl/ Unsayable things should not be said because they are too shocking, rude, painful, etc.: He seems determined to say these unsayable things, in spite of the fact that it could be political suicide. Some of the things that happened during the war are unsayable. The answer is very simple and yet, in some places, quite unsayable. He has a capacity for saying things that other politicians would consider completely unsayable. There is a wider, unsayable truth: allowing people to do what they want is generally a recipe for disaster. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Saddening, shocking and upsetting affecting agonizingly arrogance baleful be cold comfortidiom disrespect distressful distressfully distressing distressingly hubris hurtful hurtfully impiously impiousness superiority complex teary touching touchingly tragically unsayable noun[ S ] uk /ʌnˈseɪ.ə.bəl/ us /ʌnˈseɪ.ə.bəl/ the unsayable something that should not be said because it is too shocking, rude, painful, etc.: say the unsayableHe was a confrontational politician, never afraid to say the unsayable. She is one of the best of those writers who seek to capture the unsayable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Saddening, shocking and upsetting affecting agonizingly arrogance baleful be cold comfortidiom disrespect distressful distressfully distressing distressingly hubris hurtful hurtfully impiously impiousness superiority complex teary touching touchingly tragically |