English-Thai Dictionary

enigmatic

ADJ ยาก ที่จะ เข้าใจ  ยาก ที่จะ อธิบาย  mysterious obscure unfathomable yak-ti-ja-kao-jai

 

enigmatical

A ที่ เป็น ปริศนา ลึกลับ  enigmatic mysterious puzzling clear explicit

 

enigmatically

ADV อย่าง ยาก ที่จะ เข้าใจ  อย่าง ยาก ที่จะ อธิบาย  cryptically mysteriously yang-yak-ti-ja-kao-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENIGMATIC, ENIGMATICAL

a.Relating to or containing a riddle; obscure; darkly expressed; ambiguous. 1. Obscurely conceived or apprehended.

 

ENIGMATICALLY

adv. In an obscure manner; in a sense different from that which the words in common acceptation imply.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENIGMATIC; ENIGMATICAL

E `nig *mat "ic, E `nig *mat "ic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. énigmatique. ]

 

Defn: Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.

 

ENIGMATICALLY

ENIGMATICALLY E `nig *mat "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Darkly; obscurely.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

enigmatic

en ig mat ic |ˌenigˈmatik ˈˌɛnɪɡˈˌmædɪk |(also enigmatical ) ▶adjective difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious: he took the money with an enigmatic smile. DERIVATIVES en ig mat i cal ly |-(ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French énigmatique or late Latin aenigmaticus, based on Greek ainigma ‘riddle ’ (see enigma ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

enigmatic

enigmatic |ˌɛnɪgˈmatɪk | ▶adjective difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious: he took the money with an enigmatic smile. DERIVATIVES enigmatical adjective, enigmatically |ɛnɪgˈmatɪk (ə )li |adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French énigmatique or late Latin aenigmaticus, based on Greek ainigma ‘riddle ’ (see enigma ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

enigmatic

enigmatic adjective she smiled that enigmatic smile again: mysterious, inscrutable, puzzling, mystifying, baffling, perplexing, impenetrable, unfathomable, sphinxlike, Delphic, oracular; cryptic, elliptical, ambiguous, equivocal, paradoxical, obscure, oblique, secret.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

enigmatic

enigmatic adjective she smiled that enigmatic smile again: mysterious, puzzling, hard to understand, mystifying, inexplicable, baffling, perplexing, bewildering, confusing, impenetrable, inscrutable, incomprehensible, unexplainable, unfathomable, indecipherable, Delphic, oracular; ambiguous, equivocal, paradoxical, sibylline, unaccountable, insoluble, obscure, elliptical, oblique; arcane, abstruse, recondite, secret, esoteric, occult, cryptic; informal as clear as mud. ANTONYMS straightforward.

 

Spanish Dictionary

enigmático, -ca

enigmático, -ca adjetivo Que contiene un enigma o que tiene un significado oscuro, misterioso y difícil de comprender :un título enigmático; no comprendo las enigmáticas actitudes de algunos .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

enigmatic

en ig mat ic -i cal /ènɪɡmǽtɪk //-tɪk (ə )l /形容詞 〈人 物が 〉なぞのある [を秘めた ], 不可解な, 理解しがたい .è n ig m á t i cal ly 副詞