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Synonyms for inscrutable
ɪnˈskru tə bəlin·scrutable

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  1. inscrutableadjective

    Synonyms:
    ineffable

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. 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.

    See synonyms for CLEAR.

    Synonyms:
    abstruse, cabalistic, dark, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, recondite, secret, transcendental, unfathomable, unfathomed, unknown

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. inscrutable

    Synonyms:
    unintelligible, untraceable, mysterious, unfathomable, profound, insolvable, impenetrable, hidden

    Antonyms:
    obvious, self-evident, familiar, intelligible, explainable

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  1. 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, sibylline

    Antonyms:
    explicable

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. inscrutableadjective

    Synonyms:
    undiscoverable, unsearchable, hidden, mysterious, past comprehension, above comprehension, not to be understood

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  1. inscrutableadjective

    Synonyms:
    incomprehensible, inexplicable, unsearchable

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "inscrutable":

    impenetrable

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How to use inscrutable in a sentence?

  1. E. M. Forster:

    But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.

  2. Louise Bogan:

    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

  3. I Ching:

    The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and remains free from entanglements.

  4. Andy White:

    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.

  5. Adolf Hitler:

    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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