inscrutable

  • 21INSCRUTABLE — adj. des deux genres Impénétrable, qui ne peut être conçu, qui ne peut être compris par l esprit humain. Il n est guère usité qu en style de l Écriture. Les desseins de Dieu sont inscrutables. Le coeur de l homme est inscrutable …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 22INSCRUTABLE — adj. des deux genres Qu’on ne peut scruter, qui échappe à la connaissance humaine. Il n’est guère usité qu’en style de l’écriture. Les desseins de Dieu sont inscrutables. L’avenir est inscrutable …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 23inscrutable — adjective /ˌɪnˈskruːtəbl/ Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret. His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science. Syn: ineffable …

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  • 24inscrutable — adj. Inscrutable is used with these nouns: ↑expression …

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  • 25inscrutable — adjective John Law was a financial genius with inscrutable motives Syn: enigmatic, mysterious, unreadable, inexplicable, unexplainable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, unfathomable, unknowable; opaque, abstruse, arcane, obscure, cryptic Ant:… …

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  • 26inscrutable — [ɪnˈskruːtəb(ə)l] adj making it impossible for other people to understand what you are thinking or feeling His face remained inscrutable and unsmiling.[/ex] …

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  • 27inscrutable — in•scru•ta•ble [[t]ɪnˈskru tə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized 2) mysterious; unfathomable: an inscrutable smile[/ex] • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < LL inscrūtābilis= L in in +scrūtā(ri) to examine,… …

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  • 28inscrutable person — index enigma Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 29inscrutable — Synonyms and related words: Greek to one, ambiguous, arcane, beyond understanding, cabalistic, impenetrable, inarticulate, incognizable, incoherent, incomprehensible, mystic, numinous, past comprehension, rambling, unaccountable, unconnected,… …

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  • 30inscrutable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unfathomable (see unintelligibility). Ant., an open book. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. incomprehensible, mysterious, impenetrable; see blank 2 , difficult 2 , mysterious 1 , 2 , secret 1 . See… …

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