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Synonyms and Antonyms of enigmatic
1
being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain
dark, darkling, fuzzy, murky, obscure, shadowy, vague
imponderable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, unintelligible, unsearchable
inexplicable, unaccountable, unexplainable
metaphysical, mystical, numinous, supernatural
baffling, befuddling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, disorienting, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling
2
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
ambiguous, arcane, cryptic, dark, deep, Delphic, double-edged, elliptical (or elliptic), equivocal, fuliginous, inscrutable, murky, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, obscure, occult, opaque
cloaked, concealed, disguised, masked, shrouded
beclouded, bedimmed, befogged, clouded, cloudy, dim, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, indistinguishable, misty, muddy, obfuscatory, obnubilated, obscurant (or obscurantic), shaded, shadowlike, shadowy, sphinxlike
indefinite, inexact, inexplicit, noncommittal, questionable, unclear, uncertain, undefined, undetermined, vague
impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable
eerie (also eery), uncanny, weird
impalpable, inappreciable, intangible, invisible
baffling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, unfathomable
Synonym Discussion of enigmatic
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- obscure poems
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- muttered dark hints of revenge
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- a vague sense of obligation
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- enigmatic occult writings
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- cryptic hints of hidden treasure
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- an ambiguous directive
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- moral precepts with equivocal phrasing
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