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something mysterious that seems unexplainable- It is an enigma. I don't understand it.
enigma = something mysterious that seems unexplainable
- As Churchill said about Russia, it is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
- But his thoughts seemed to stumble in the darkness of some not-solved enigma, and soon he fell silent.Conrad, Joseph -- The Mirror of the Sea
- By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analysing the observations that I have made, I ended up in the domain of mathematics, Although I am absolutely without training in the exact sciences, I often seem to have more in common with mathematicians than with my fellow artists.M. C. Escher
- I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.Sir Winston Churchill
- I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.Umberto Eco
- He sent her a quiet, enigmatic look.Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
- Your answer, sir, is enigmatical:William Shakespeare -- Much Ado About Nothing
- "An enigma," said the sergeant.David Almond -- Clay
- When she did speak, her words were enigmatical, "Something is going out."Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- She has to be because she's the enigma at the centre of the mysteryRobert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- As for that enigmatic Scarlet Pimpernel, what is he to you?Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- That was just another of the enigmas he never solved.Arthur C. Clarke -- Childhood's End
- Could she have succeeded in escaping from that enigmatic room?Haruki Murakami -- After Dark
- ...the enigma of what such a little gentleman could have done that deserved a penalty.Henry James -- The Turn of the Screw
- Poirot smiled rather enigmatically.Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- I watched curiously as an enigmatic range of emotions flitted across her face.Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
- He had simply babbled on uttering empty phrases, letting slip a few enigmatic words and again reverting to incoherence.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime and Punishment
- that answer planted an enigma in Fernanda's heart that she was never able to clarify.Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Paris traffic is an endless enigma regardless of the hour of day or night.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
enigma = something mysterious that seems unexplainable
enigmatic = mysterious (not understandable)
enigmatical = mysterious and seemingly unexplainable
enigma = something mysterious that seems unexplainable
enigmatical = mysterious
enigma = mystery (something that seems unexplainable)
enigmatic = mysterious
enigmas = unexplainable things
enigmatic = mysterious and seeming unexplainable
enigma = something mysterious that seems unexplainable
enigmatically = in a mysterious manner that seems unexplainable
enigmatic = mysterious and seeming unexplainable
enigmatic = mysterious and seeming unexplainable
enigma = unexplainable mystery
enigma = mystery