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enigmatic

/,ɛnɪɡ'mætɪk/

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adjective
not clear to the understanding
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"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"

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enigmatical puzzling incomprehensible uncomprehensible
adjective
resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
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"so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it" "an enigmatic smile"

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oracular ambiguous

Examples of enigmatic

"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"
"so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"
"an enigmatic smile"