Ineffable

🔊 in-EF-uh-bul  ·  adjective

Some things are too big, too sacred, or too beautiful to survive being put into words — try describing the exact feeling of holding a newborn, or standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon for the first time. That's ineffable: not just hard to explain, but genuinely beyond language's reach.

Turns out most people who use this word don't know a very silly antonym exists. See it used the right way, the one mistake almost everyone makes, and the word hiding right next to it.