All 5 Uses of
inscrutable
in
Gone with the Wind
- For an hour she had watched Rhett hold the yarn Melanie was winding for knitting, had noted the blank inscrutable expression when Melanie talked at length and with pride of Ashley and his promotion.†
Chpt 2.12 *
- He leaned back carelessly in his chair and looked into her tense face and his own dark face was inscrutable.†
Chpt 4.34
- He looked at her oddly, still inscrutable and as she hurried on she could not tell if he were amused or repelled.†
Chpt 4.34
- Mammy, who was waiting just inside the door, gave her an inscrutable look and followed her, puffing, up the stairs to the bedroom.†
Chpt 4.35
- She raised tormented eyes to his face and somehow found comfort in the blank inscrutability she saw there.†
Chpt 4.47
Definition:
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(inscrutable) impossible to understand -- often when finding a person's facial expression or comments mysterious