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Synonyms for inscrutable
ɪnˈskru tə bəlin·scrutable
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inscrutableadjective
Synonyms:
ineffable
English Synonyms and Antonyms
inscrutable
That is mysterious in the true sense which is beyond human comprehension, as the decrees of God or the origin of life. That is mystic or mystical which has associated with it some hidden or recondite meaning, especially of a religious kind; as, the mystic Babylon of the Apocalypse. That is dark which we can not personally see through, especially if sadly perplexing; as, a dark providence. That is secret which is intentionally hidden. Compare DARK.
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Synonyms:
abstruse, cabalistic, dark, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, recondite, secret, transcendental, unfathomable, unfathomed, unknown
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
inscrutable
Synonyms:
unintelligible, untraceable, mysterious, unfathomable, profound, insolvable, impenetrable, hiddenAntonyms:
obvious, self-evident, familiar, intelligible, explainable
Princeton's WordNet
cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifyingadjective
of an obscure nature
"the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
Synonyms:
kabbalistic, mystifying, bass, cryptical, mystic, occult, secret, recondite, deep, qabalistic, orphic, abstruse, cryptic, rich, mysterious, cabalistic, mystical, thick, sibyllineAntonyms:
explicable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
inscrutableadjective
Synonyms:
undiscoverable, unsearchable, hidden, mysterious, past comprehension, above comprehension, not to be understood
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
inscrutableadjective
Synonyms:
incomprehensible, inexplicable, unsearchable
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List of paraphrases for "inscrutable":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1543 | deep | |
#1640 | dark | |
#1702 | unknown | |
#2169 | rich | |
#2600 | secret | |
#2936 | hidden | |
#2961 | bass | |
#4800 | thick | |
#9735 | mysterious | |
#11321 | profound | |
#12400 | mystic | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#17474 | mystical | |
#18859 | occult | |
#30028 | cryptic | |
#34567 | transcendental | |
#39077 | incomprehensible | |
#44879 | inexplicable | |
#45217 | unintelligible | |
#51185 | impenetrable | |
#66886 | inscrutable | |
#72084 | unfathomable | |
#77292 | ineffable | |
#97999 | mystifying | |
#107896 | kabbalistic | |
#113745 | abstruse | |
#129485 | untraceable | |
#165265 | orphic | |
#188549 | recondite | |
#240750 | cabalistic |
How to use inscrutable in a sentence?
But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy
The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and remains free from entanglements.
With Rod, if you scratch the surface, then you get more surface. But that's him. He is inscrutable publicly. Professionally, he is devastatingly effective. He is methodical. He is thorough.
When over long periods of human history I scrutinized the activity of the Jewish people, suddenly there arose up in me the fearful question whether inscrutable Destiny, perhaps for reasons unknown to us poor mortals, did not, with eternal and immutable resolve, desire the final victory of this little nation.
Translations for inscrutable
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- غَلِق, مُبْهَم, مُسْتَغْلِق, غامِضArabic
- insondable, inescrutableCatalan, Valencian
- undurchschaubarGerman
- ακατανόητοςGreek
- enskribeblaEsperanto
- insondable, incomprensible, impenetrable, inescrutableSpanish
- مرموزPersian
- käsittämätönFinnish
- impénétrable, incompréhensible, insondableFrench
- neuronsoilaghManx
- impenetrabile, insondabile, incomprensibileItalian
- בלתי ניתן לחיקויHebrew
- ondoorgrondelijkDutch
- tajemniczyPolish
- inescrutávelPortuguese
- necercetabil, inscrutabil, neanchetabil, de necercetat, neexaminabilRomanian
- непостижимый, непонятный, загадочный, необъяснимыйRussian
- outgrundligSwedish
- gizemli, esrarlı, anlaşılmaz, esrârengizTurkish
- 不可思议的Chinese
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