'Inscrutable' definitions:
Definition of 'inscrutable'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying]
Definition of 'Inscrutable'
From: GCIDE
- Inscrutable \In*scru"ta*ble\, a. [L. inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not, and Scrutiny.] Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is not in man To yield a reason for the will of Heaven Which is inscrutable. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inscrutable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambiguous,
- arcane,
- beyond understanding,
- cabalistic,
- Greek to one,
- impenetrable,
- inarticulate,
- incognizable,
- incoherent,
- incomprehensible,
- mystic,
- numinous,
- past comprehension,
- rambling,
- unaccountable,
- unconnected,
- unfathomable,
- unguessed,
- unintelligible,
- unknowable,
- unsearchable