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inscrutable
Synonyms and Antonyms of inscrutable
1
being beyond oneʼs powers to know, understand, or explain
arcane, cryptic, deep, enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, mysterious, mystic, occult, uncanny
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), enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, fuliginous, 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
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