🔤 Inscrutable (Adjective)

IPA: //ɪnˈskruːtəbl//

✨ Use inscrutable for faces, motives, or mysteries that remain sealed tight—like a riddle with no answer.

🧠 Meaning

Impossible to understand or interpret; mysterious and unreadable.

✍️ Example Sentences

🔹 Her inscrutable smile made it hard to tell what she was really thinking.

🔹 The ancient ruins held an inscrutable aura that baffled archaeologists.

📜 Word Origin

From Late Latin inscrutabilis — in- (“not”) + scrutari (“to search or examine”).

💡 Did You Know?

An inscrutable expression or situation hides its meaning so well that even the sharpest observers can’t crack it.

🏷️ Related Words

#mysterious #enigmatic #unfathomable #cryptic #puzzling #opaque

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