enigmaticadjective
uk/ˌen.ɪɡˈmæt.ɪk/us/ˌen.ɪɡˈmæt̬.ɪk/mysterious and impossible to understand completely:
The Mona Lisa has a famously enigmatic smile.
He left an enigmatic message on my answering machine.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
- a chicken and egg situation idiom
- addle
- all of a doodah idiom
- all over the place idiom
- at sea idiom
- brainstorm
- disorientate
- disoriented
- distraction
- dither
- dizziness
- ferment
- flutter
- not know what hit you idiom
- not know where/which way to turn idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- not know whether you are coming or going idiom
- off balance
- turbulence
- whirl
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enigmatically
adverb uk/ˌen.ɪɡˈmæt.ɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌen.ɪɡˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl.i/
"Who was that?" "Just a man I know," she said enigmatically.