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An enigma is a puzzle, a riddle, a mystery. The adjective enigmatic describes what is hard to solve or figure out. An enigmatic person is someone who is a bit mysterious to others. Behind an enigmatic smile are thoughts impossible to guess.
ENIGMATIC definition: 1. mysterious and impossible to understand completely: 2. mysterious and impossible to understand…. Learn more.
Something that's enigmatic is tough to figure out. It's puzzling and even mysterious, like those weird secret college societies, Mona Lisa's smile, or the New York Times crossword.
Someone or something that is enigmatic is mysterious and difficult to understand. He studied her, an enigmatic smile on his face.
ENIGMATIC meaning: 1. mysterious and impossible to understand completely: 2. mysterious and impossible to understand…. Learn more.
Definition of enigmatic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Enigmatic definition: resembling an enigma, or a puzzling occurrence, situation, statement, person, etc.; perplexing; mysterious. See examples of ENIGMATIC used in a sentence.
Synonyms for ENIGMATIC: mysterious, cryptic, ambiguous, mystic, uncanny, obscure, inscrutable, unexplainable; Antonyms of ENIGMATIC: understandable, intelligible, obvious, apparent, clear, evident, unmistakable, plain
It applies to things, as well as to people, that puzzle one's mind. Egypt's ancient pyramids and quantum mechanics, for example, might be described as enigmas, as well as physicist Stephen Hawking. In these uses, the word's meaning is a figurative extension of the original "riddle" sense.
