ENIGMATIC Synonyms

• not clear to the understanding

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

• open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead

• having more than one possible meaning

• having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns

• a difficult problem

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

• difficult to describe

• skillful at eluding capture

• difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• of an obscure nature

• of an obscure nature

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured

• resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable

• incapable of being fully understood

• of or relating to an oracle

• obscurely prophetic

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought