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inscrutable

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in·scru·ta·ble  (n-skrt-bl)
adj.
Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable. See Synonyms at mysterious.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin nscrtbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + scrtr, to scrutinize; see scrutiny.]

in·scruta·bili·ty, in·scruta·ble·ness n.
in·scruta·bly adv.

inscrutable
Adjective
mysterious or enigmatic [Latin in- not + scrutari to examine]
inscrutability n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inscrutable - of an obscure nature; "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"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
incomprehensible, inexplicable - incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"

inscrutable
adjective 1. enigmatic, blank, impenetrable, deadpan, unreadable, poker-faced (informal) sphinxlike << OPPOSITE transparent
adjective 2. mysterious, incomprehensible, inexplicable, hidden, unintelligible, unfathomable, unexplainable, undiscoverable << OPPOSITE comprehensible
Translations
Spanish inscrutable [ɪnˈskruːtəbl] adjinescrutable, insondable
French inscrutable [ɪnˈskruːtəbl] adjimpénétrable
German inscrutable [ɪnˈskruːtəbl] adj (comment) → unergründlich;
(expression) → undurchdringlich

Italian inscrutable [ɪnˈskruːtəbl] adjimperscrutabile

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In the past he had never been able to find that great inscrutable infinite something.
God alone knows whether I shall be happy, but my fate is in His holy, His inscrutable hand, and I have so decided.
In any of the burial-places of this city through which I pass, is there a sleeper more inscrutable than its busy inhabitants are, in their innermost personality, to me, or than I am to them?
 
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