utterable

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Thân thiện

The child's question was a simple, utterable phrase.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being uttered in words or sentences

Từ đồng nghĩa

• speakable