'Enigmatic' definitions:
Definition of 'enigmatic'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling]
adjective
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" [syn: enigmatic, oracular]
Definition of 'Enigmatic'
From: GCIDE
- Enigmatic \E`nig*mat"ic\ (?; 277), Enigmatical \E`nig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]nigmatique.] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; not clear to the understanding; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer; I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatical comment until much later; prophetic texts so enigmatical that their meaning has been disputed for centuries.
- Syn: dark, obscure, puzzling. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'enigmatic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able,
- ambiguous,
- amphibological,
- amphibolous,
- arcane,
- baffling,
- beguiling,
- bewildering,
- bothering,
- cabalistic,
- censored,
- classified,
- close,
- closed,
- concealed,
- confounding,
- confusing,
- cryptic,
- dark,
- discomposing,
- disconcerting,
- dismaying,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- embarrassing,
- equivocal,
- equivocatory,
- esoteric,
- exceptional,
- extraordinary,
- fabulous,
- fantastic,
- fascinating,
- hermetic,
- hidden,
- hush-hush,
- incalculable,
- incognizable,
- incomprehensible,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- intricate,
- ironic,
- latent,
- marvelous,
- miraculous,
- multivocal,
- mysterious,
- mystifying,
- obscure,
- occult,
- outlandish,
- passing strange,
- perplexing,
- perturbing,
- phenomenal,
- polysemantic,
- polysemous,
- problematic,
- prodigious,
- puzzling,
- rare,
- remarkable,
- restricted,
- riddling,
- sealed,
- secret,
- sensational,
- smothered,
- sphinxlike,
- stifled,
- strange,
- striking,
- stupendous,
- suppressed,
- top secret,
- ulterior,
- unapparent,
- unapprehended,
- unascertained,
- unbeknown,
- unbreatheable,
- uncertain,
- uncharted,
- unclassified,
- under security,
- under wraps,
- undisclosable,
- undisclosed,
- undiscoverable,
- undiscovered,
- undivulgable,
- undivulged,
- unexplained,
- unexplored,
- unexposed,
- unfamiliar,
- unfathomed,
- unheard,
- unheard-of,
- unidentified,
- unimaginable,
- uninvestigated,
- unique,
- unknowable,
- unknown,
- unperceived,
- unplumbed,
- unprecedented,
- unrevealable,
- unrevealed,
- unspoken,
- unsuspected,
- untellable,
- untold,
- untouched,
- unutterable,
- unuttered,
- unwhisperable,
- upsetting,
- virgin,
- wonderful,
- wondrous