English-Thai Dictionary

inscrutable

ADJ ไม่ อาจ หยั่งรู้ ได้  ยาก ที่จะ เข้าใจ ได้  ลึกลับ  ลับลมคมใน  incomprehensible mysterious mai-ad-yang-ru-dai

 

inscrutableness

N ความ ไม่ สามารถ ใน การ วินิจฉัย ได้  ความ มี ลับลมคมใน  ความ ยาก ที่จะ เข้าใจ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSCRUTABLE

a.[L. inscrutabilis; in and scrutor, to search. ] 1. Unsearchable; that cannot be searched into and understood by inquiry or study. The designs of the emperor appear to be inscrutable.
2. That cannot be penetrated, discovered or understood by human reason. The ways of Providence are often inscrutable. Mysteries are inscrutable.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INSCRUTABLE

In *scru "ta *ble, a. Etym: [L. inscrutabilis: cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not, and Scrutiny. ]

 

Defn: Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event. 'T is not in man To yield a reason for the will of Heaven Which is inscrutable. Beau. & Fl. Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. De Quincey.

 

INSCRUTABLENESS

INSCRUTABLENESS In *scru "ta *ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inscrutable

in scru ta ble |inˈskro͞otəbəl ənˈskrudəbəl | ▶adjective impossible to understand or interpret: Guy looked blankly inscrutable. DERIVATIVES in scru ta bil i ty |-ˌskro͞otəˈbilitē |noun, in scru ta bly |-blē |adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin inscrutabilis, from in- ‘not ’ + scrutari ‘to search ’ (see scrutiny ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

inscrutable

inscrutable |ɪnˈskruːtəb (ə )l | ▶adjective impossible to understand or interpret: Guy looked blankly inscrutable. DERIVATIVES inscrutability |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun, inscrutably adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin inscrutabilis, from in- ‘not ’ + scrutari ‘to search ’ (see scrutiny ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inscrutable

inscrutable adjective he was a financial genius with inscrutable motives: enigmatic, mysterious, unreadable, inexplicable, unexplainable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, unfathomable, unknowable; opaque, abstruse, arcane, obscure, cryptic. ANTONYMS transparent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inscrutable

inscrutable adjective 1 her inscrutable face gave nothing away: enigmatic, unreadable, impenetrable, mysterious, impossible to interpret, cryptic; unexpressive, inexpressive, emotionless, unemotional, expressionless, impassive, blank, vacant, deadpan, dispassionate; informal poker-faced. ANTONYMS expressive. 2 the ways of the gods are inscrutable: mysterious, inexplicable, unexplainable, incomprehensible, beyond comprehension, beyond understanding, impossible to understand, unintelligible, impenetrable, unfathomable, fathomless, opaque, puzzling, perplexing, baffling, bewildering, confusing, abstruse, arcane, obscure; literary sibylline; archaic wildering. ANTONYMS transparent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inscrutable

in scru ta ble /ɪnskrúːtəb (ə )l /形容詞 1 感情を表に出さない ; 真意の読めない .2 測り知れない, 不可思議な .in scr ù ta b í l i ty 名詞 in scr ú ta bly 副詞