Utterable (Adjective)
Meaning
Capable of being uttered in words or sentences.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Her innermost feelings were no longer utterable, so she expressed them through her artwork instead.
- The actor struggled to deliver the dramatic monologue because the emotions it evoked were too raw and almost unutterable.
- In some cultures, certain phrases are considered utterable only during specific ceremonies or rituals.
- After a lifetime of trauma, she found it increasingly difficult to form utterable sentences, her words jumbled by painful memories.
- In therapy, she slowly began to voice the utterable phrases she had kept locked away for so long.