utterable
/' t r bl/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being expressed in words or spoken aloud: Describes something that can be articulated, pronounced, or communicated verbally.
- Able to be uttered: Refers to sounds, words, or thoughts that can be given voice or expressed through speech.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The joy she felt was so profound it was barely utterable.
- He searched for an utterable explanation for the complex phenomenon.
- Some emotions are simply not utterable in any language.
Advanced Usage
- In linguistic or philosophical contexts: Used to discuss the limits of language and what can be meaningfully expressed.
- The philosopher argued that certain mystical experiences are not utterable in human language.
- In formal or literary writing: Often employed to describe profound, ineffable, or previously unspeakable things that are now being given voice.
- The poet gave form to the previously utterable sorrow of a generation.
Variants and Related Words
- Utter (verb): To speak or articulate a sound.
- She did not utter a single word.
- Unutterable (adjective): Incapable of being expressed in words; too great or awful to be described.
- He felt a sense of unutterable relief.
- Utterance (noun): The act of uttering; something that is uttered.
- His every utterance was recorded.
Synonyms
- Expressible: Capable of being expressed.
- Articulable: Capable of being articulated clearly.
- Pronounceable: Capable of being pronounced.
Antonyms
- Inexpressible: Incapable of being expressed.
- Unutterable: Too great or extreme to be expressed in words.
- Ineffable: Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
Adjective
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capable of being uttered in words or sentences
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