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- Dictionaryenigmatic/ɛnɪɡˈmatɪk/
adjective
- 1. difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious: "he took the money with an enigmatic smile"
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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.
The meaning of ENIGMATIC is of, relating to, or resembling an enigma : mysterious. How to use enigmatic in a sentence. The Origin of Enigmatic Isn't a Mystery Synonym Discussion of Enigmatic.
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. It's no mystery where the adjective enigmatic comes from: It's rooted in the Greek word for riddle.
Enigmatic definition: resembling an enigma, or a puzzling occurrence, situation, statement, person, etc.; perplexing; mysterious. See examples of ENIGMATIC used in a sentence.
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: mysterious, puzzling, obscure, baffling More Synonyms of enigmatic.
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.
Definition of enigmatic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ENIGMATIC meaning: mysterious and impossible to understand completely. Learn more.
enigmatic meaning, definition, what is enigmatic: mysterious and difficult to understand: Learn more.
She was pale but breathing steadily, her enigmatic eyes closed. But he found himself smiling at the enigmatic god's explanation. Much of the imagery of this chapel will seem very enigmatic to most of you. Almost every sentence in it is enigmatic.
