Dictionary

unforgettable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌʌnfə(ɹ)ˈɡɛtəbəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + forget + -able or un- + forgettable.

Meanings

1. Very difficult or impossible to forget.
   • The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, [...] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable. 1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419:
   • The things he subjected me to were horrible and unforgettable.
   • He had never seen dogs fight as these wolfish creatures fought, and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it. 1903 July, Jack London, “The Law of Club and Fang”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 44:

Forms

Antonyms

forgettable

Deriveds

unforgettableness · unforgettably

Synonyms

remembersome · nameable · indelible · rememberable · memorious · unforgettable · memorable · memorable

Translations (64)

da uforglemmelig (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ja 忘れがたい (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ml അവിസ്മരണീയ (very difficult or impossible to forget) · fr inoubliable (very difficult or impossible to forget) · nb uforglemmelig (very difficult or impossible to forget) · sq paharrueshëm (very difficult or impossible to forget) · la memorābilis (very difficult or impossible to forget) · sl nepozaben (very difficult or impossible to forget) · es inolvidable (very difficult or impossible to forget) · de unvergesslich (very difficult or impossible to forget) · cmn 難忘 /难忘 (very difficult or impossible to forget) · he בִּלְתִּי נִשְׁכָּח (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ml മറക്കാനാവാത്ത (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ug ئۇنتۇلماس (very difficult or impossible to forget) · cy cofiadwy (very difficult or impossible to forget) · mk незаборавен (very difficult or impossible to forget) · vi không thể quên (very difficult or impossible to forget) · la recordābilis (very difficult or impossible to forget) · uk незабу́тній (very difficult or impossible to forget) · sv oförglömlig (very difficult or impossible to forget) · sk nezabudnuteľný (very difficult or impossible to forget) · be незабыва́ны (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ar غَيْر مَنْسِيّ (very difficult or impossible to forget) · hy անմոռաց (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ady ащмыгъупшэжь (very difficult or impossible to forget) · te మరిచిపోలేని (very difficult or impossible to forget) · et unustamatu (very difficult or impossible to forget) · nn ugløymeleg (very difficult or impossible to forget) · sh nȅzaborāvan (very difficult or impossible to forget) · be незабы́тны (very difficult or impossible to forget) · eo neforgesebla (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ja 忘れられない (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ru незабве́нный (very difficult or impossible to forget) · gl inesquecible (very difficult or impossible to forget) · cs nezapomenutelný (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ca inoblidable (very difficult or impossible to forget) · el αξέχαστος (very difficult or impossible to forget) · be незабы́ўны (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ro de neuitat (very difficult or impossible to forget) · az unudulmaz (very difficult or impossible to forget) · cmn 不能忘的 (very difficult or impossible to forget) · pt inesquecível (very difficult or impossible to forget) · fi mieleenpainuva (very difficult or impossible to forget) · hi अविस्मरणीय (very difficult or impossible to forget) · pl niezapomniany (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ar لَا يُنْسَى (very difficult or impossible to forget) · fi unohtumaton (very difficult or impossible to forget) · el αλησμόνητος (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ga dodhearmadta (very difficult or impossible to forget) · tr unutulmaz (very difficult or impossible to forget) · gv neuyarroodagh (very difficult or impossible to forget) · hu felejthetetlen (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ru незабыва́емый (very difficult or impossible to forget) · sh не̏забора̄ван (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ro neuitabil (very difficult or impossible to forget) · bg незабрави́м (very difficult or impossible to forget) · gl inesquecíbel (very difficult or impossible to forget) · hy անմոռանալի (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ko 잊을 수 없다 (very difficult or impossible to forget) · it indimenticabile (very difficult or impossible to forget) · yi אומפֿאַרגעסלעך (very difficult or impossible to forget) · nl onvergetelijk (very difficult or impossible to forget) · fi ikimuistoinen (very difficult or impossible to forget) · ko 잊지 못하다 (very difficult or impossible to forget)