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enigmatic Adjective

— Something, or someone, that is an enigma.

— Something, or someone, that is mysterious, puzzling, or cannot be explained. That man is enigmatic; I never know what he's going to do next.

enigmatic

— adjective not clear to the understanding I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries

— adjective (= oracular) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought the oracular sayings of Victorian poets so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it an enigmatic smile

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mysterious

puzzling

enigmatical

strange

oracular

unintelligible

unexplainable

obscure

incomprehensible

cryptic

unfathomable

sphinx-like

sibylline

secret

mystic

inexplicable

uncanny

unaccountable

sphinxine

silly

riddling

orphic

noncommital

mystifying

mystical

magical

inconceivable

impenetrable

gnomic

foolish

cryptical

be mysterious

arcane