Inscrutable definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

If a person or their expression is inscrutable, it is very hard to know what they are really thinking or what they mean. In public he remained inscrutable. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'inscrutable'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× inscrutable (ɪnskruːtəbəl ) adjective Ifapersonortheirexpressionisinscrutable,itisveryhardtoknowwhattheyarereallythinkingorwhattheymean. Inpublicheremainedinscrutable. MoreSynonymsofinscrutable COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'inscrutable' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'inscrutable' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'ampelography' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency inscrutableinBritishEnglish (ɪnˈskruːtəbəl ) adjectiveincomprehensible;mysteriousorenigmatic CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsinscrutability(inˌscrutaˈbility)orinscrutableness(inˈscrutableness)noun inscrutably(inˈscrutably)adverb WordoriginC15:fromLateLatininscrūtābilis,fromLatinin-1+scrūtārītoexamine WordFrequency inscrutableinAmericanEnglish (ɪnˈskrutəbəl ) adjective thatcannotbeeasilyunderstood;completelyobscureormysterious;unfathomable;enigmatic SIMILARWORDS: mysˈterious Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsinscrutability(inˌscrutaˈbility) noun inscrutably(inˈscrutably) adverb WordoriginME