inscrutable
[ in-skroo-tuh-buhl ]
/ ɪnˈskru tə bəl /
adjective
incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable: an inscrutable smile.
incapable of being seen through physically; physically impenetrable: the inscrutable depths of the ocean.
Words nearby inscrutable
inscape, inscribe, inscription, inscriptive, inscroll, inscrutable, insculp, inseam, insect, insect wax, insecta
Origin of inscrutable
SYNONYMS FOR inscrutable
ANTONYMS FOR inscrutable
OTHER WORDS FROM inscrutable
in·scru·ta·bil·i·ty, in·scru·ta·ble·ness, nounin·scru·ta·bly, adverbsynonym study for inscrutable
1. See mysterious.
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inscrutable
/ (ɪnˈskruːtəbəl) /
adjective
incomprehensible; mysterious or enigmatic
Derived forms of inscrutable
inscrutability or inscrutableness, nouninscrutably, adverbWord Origin for inscrutable
C15: from Late Latin inscrūtābilis, from Latin in- 1 + scrūtārī to examine
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