untouchable English

Meaning untouchable meaning

What does untouchable mean?

untouchable

— adjective beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target — Newsweek

— adjective forbidden to the touch in most museums such articles are untouchable

— adjective ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling

— noun belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

— adjective (= unassailable) impossible to assail

— adjective (= inaccessible, unobtainable) not capable of being obtained a rare work, today almost inaccessible timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands untouchable resources buried deep within the earth

Synonyms untouchable synonyms

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untouchable English » English

intangible

untouched

unassailable

inaccessible

unprocurable

unobtainable

unapproachable

outcaste

out of reach

intact

impregnable

impalpable

Harijan

virginal

vestal

untrodden

untreated

untraversed

untracked

untempered

untasted

untapped

unstained

unshapen

unshaped

unscathed

unrivalled

unrevised

unrealizable

unreached

unreachable

unprocessed

unplayable

unmolested

unimproved

unhardened

ungetatable

undoable

uncontaminated

unavailable

unattainable

unachievable

un-get-at-able

un-come-at-able

trackless

reserve

repulsive

pristine

philosophical

outcast

Topics untouchable topics

What do people use untouchable to talk about?

Social behavior Religion Practice religion Religious purification

Taboo

• What words describe something that is taboo?
  taboo forbidden prohibited untouchable inviolable banned off-limits avoided