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inscrutable

/ɪnˈskruːtəbl/adjective

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अबोध्य, रहस्यमय, जिसके मन की थाह न मिले

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adjective
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    (of a person or their expression) showing no emotion or reaction, so that it is impossible to know what they are thinking

    अबोध्य, रहस्यमय, जिसके मन की थाह न मिले

    • an inscrutable smile
    • His face was inscrutable as he read the result.
    • The judge remained inscrutable throughout the hearing.
    + 2 more examples
    • Her inscrutable expression gave nothing away.
    • The old chess master looked at the board with an inscrutable face.

    Synonyms enigmatic mysterious impenetrable unreadable poker-faced

    Opposite transparent open expressive readable

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in·scru·ta·ble

With -scru- and -able (not 'inscrutible').

बीच में -scru- और अंत में -able ('inscrutible' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the mysterious words together: inscrutable (impossible to read), enigmatic (puzzling), cryptic (with a hidden meaning), impenetrable (impossible to understand), unfathomable (too deep to understand).

रहस्यमयता के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: inscrutable (जिसे पढ़ा न जा सके), enigmatic (पहेली जैसा), cryptic (छिपे अर्थ वाला), impenetrable (समझ से परे), unfathomable (समझने के लिए बहुत गहरा)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: that which cannot be understood or interpreted is inscrutable or enigmatic.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: जिसे समझा या पढ़ा न जा सके inscrutable या enigmatic।