cryptic (s)
cryptical (s)
deep (s)
inscrutable (s)
mysterious (s)
mystifying (s)

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def of an obscure nature
examples 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
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Similar to inexplicable, incomprehensible
Derivationally related form mysterious → mystery
Derivationally related form inscrutable → inscrutability
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Similar to inexplicable, incomprehensible
Derived from adjective inscrutably → inscrutable
Derived from adjective mysteriously → mysterious
Derived from adjective cryptically → cryptic
Derivationally related form inscrutability → inscrutable
Derivationally related form mystery → mysterious

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