enigmatic

  • (s) not clear to the understanding
    • I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later
    • prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries
    enigmatical, puzzling,
  • (s) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
    • the oracular sayings of Victorian poets
    • so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it
    • an enigmatic smile
    oracular,

Synonyms

enigmatical puzzling oracular

Words of close approximity

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