English Explanatory Dictionary

inscrutable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
noun
  1. One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪnˈskɹuːtəbl̩/ en-au-inscrutable.ogg

Word forms

inscrutable more inscrutable most inscrutable inscrutables

Etymology

Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + scrūtō (“to examine”), corresponding to in- + scrutable

Synonyms

abstruse Chinese dense enigmatic fathomless Greek inapprehensible incognizable incomprehensible ineffable inenubilable inexplicable impenetrable insensible inscrutable insoluble insolvable mysterious nonunderstandable obscure retruse tenebrose thick undecipherable undiscoverable unexplainable unfathomable ungraspable unintelligible unknowable ununderstandable

Related words

scrutiny inexplorable

Derived words

inscrutability inscrutableness inscrutably
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