Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: inscrutable
IPA transcription: [,ɪnskɹ'utəbəl]
Pronunciations of inscrutable
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • But the moor with its mysteries and its strange inhabitants remains as inscrutable as ever.
  • The weather-stained effigy of the mounted king, with its vague suggestion of a saluting gesture, seemed to present an inscrutable breast to the political changes which had robbed it of its very name; but neither did the other horseman, well known to the people, keen and alive on his well-shaped, slate-coloured beast with a white eye, wear his heart on the sleeve of his English coat.
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