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The adjective enigmatic describes what is hard to solve or figure out. An enigmatic person is someone who is a bit mysterious to others. Behind an enigmatic smile are thoughts impossible to guess.
mysterious and impossible to understand completely: The Mona Lisa has a famously enigmatic smile. He left an enigmatic message on my answering machine. Synonyms. cryptic. inscrutable. mysterious. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Confusion, confusing and feeling confused. addled. all of a doodah idiom. all over the place idiom.
Enigmatic definition: resembling an enigma, or a puzzling occurrence, situation, statement, person, etc.; perplexing; mysterious. See examples of ENIGMATIC used in a sentence.
mysterious and impossible to understand completely: The Mona Lisa has a famously enigmatic smile. He left an enigmatic message on my answering machine. Synonyms. cryptic. inscrutable. mysterious. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Confusion, confusing and feeling confused. addled. all of a doodah idiom. all over the place idiom.
Someone or something that is enigmatic is mysterious and difficult to understand. Haley studied her, an enigmatic smile on his face. She starred in one of Welles's most enigmatic films.
Synonyms for ENIGMATIC: mysterious, cryptic, ambiguous, mystic, uncanny, obscure, inscrutable, unexplainable; Antonyms of ENIGMATIC: understandable, intelligible, obvious, apparent, clear, evident, unmistakable, plain.
Something that's enigmatic is tough to figure out. It's puzzling and even mysterious, like those weird secret college societies, Mona Lisa's smile, or the New York Times crossword.
ENIGMATIC meaning: mysterious and impossible to understand completely. Learn more.
1. : something hard to understand or explain. 2. : an inscrutable or mysterious person. 3. : an obscure speech or writing. Did you know? Enigma comes from a Greek word that means "to speak in riddles." It applies to things, as well as to people, that puzzle one's mind.
Definition of enigmatic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
