Local English word record

inscrutable

adjective · 1 sense

of an obscure nature- Rachel Carson

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Examples

  • 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
  • rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands

Word relationships

Synonyms

cryptic, cryptical, deep, mysterious, mystifying

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