---

Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

unreadable and impossible to understand;

e.g. The Mona Lisa is said to have an inscrutable smile: what is she smiling about?

---

Similar Words

Ambiguous

Arcane

Cryptic

Dark

Deep

Delphic

Double-edged

Elliptical

Enigmatic

Equivocal

Fuliginous

Impenetrable

Imponderable

Murky

Mysterious

Mystic

Mystical

Nebulous

Obscure

Occult

Stone-faced

Uncanny

Undefinable

Unknowable

Unmoved

Unsayable

Unsentimental

---

Opposite Words

Accessible

Apparent

Appreciable

Blatant

Clear

Coherent

Comprehensible

Definite

Delineated

Determined

Direct

Distinct

Evident

Exact

Explicit

Firm

Graphic

Intelligible

Legible

Manifest

Nonambiguous

Obvious

Open-and-shut

Palpable

Patent

Pellucid

Perspicuous

Pictorial

Picturesque

Plain

Self-evident

Self-explanatory

Straightforward

Strong

Tangible

Transparent

Unambiguous

Unequivocal

Unmistakable

Visible

Visual

Vivid

---

Related Words

Abstruse

Affectless

Ambiguous

Apathetic

Arcane

Baffling

Bewildering

Blank

Catatonic

Circuitous

Cloudy

Cold-blooded

Complex

Complicated

Concealed

Creepy

Dark

Darkling

Deadpan

Difficult

Dim

Eerie

Emotionless

Empty

Equivocal

Esoteric

Expressionless

Faint

Foggy

Hazy

Hermetic

Impalpable

Impassive

Impenetrable

Imponderable

Incomprehensible

Indecipherable

Indefinite

Indirect

Indistinct

Indistinguishable

Inexact

Inexplicable

Inexplicit

Intangible

Invisible

Masked

Metaphysical

Misty

Muddy

Murky

Muzzy

Mystical

Noncommittal

Numb

Numinous

Obscure

Obtuse

Perplexing

Phlegmatic

Profound

Puzzling

Questionable

Recondite

Roundabout

Shadowy

Spooky

Stoic

Stolid

Supernatural

Unaccountable

Unanswerable

Uncanny

Unclear

Undefined

Undemonstrative

Unearthly

Unemotional

Unexplainable

Unfathomable

Ungraspable

Unintelligible

Unknowable

Vacant

Vague

Vaguely

Weird

---

Comments

---

Company