Enigmatic
adjective
Hard to understand or explain; mysterious.
The enigmatic smile on the Mona Lisa's face has puzzled art lovers for centuries.
Often appears as...
- enigmatic smile
- enigmatic character
adjective
Difficult to interpret or understand; ambiguous.
Newton is an enigmatic character, very quiet and always keeps to herself.
Often appears as...
- enigmatic expression
- enigmatic behavior
adjective
Hard to understand or explain; mysterious.
The enigmatic smile on the Mona Lisa's face has puzzled art lovers for centuries.
Often appears as...
- enigmatic smile
- enigmatic character
adjective
Difficult to interpret or understand; ambiguous.
Newton is an enigmatic character, very quiet and always keeps to herself.
Often appears as...
- enigmatic expression
- enigmatic behavior
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Mystery
Use 'enigmatic' to describe something that visually puzzles you, like an odd painting or gesture.
His enigmatic gesture left us guessing his intentions.
Pro Tip 2/3Unspoken Thoughts
Describe a person's silent, thoughtful presence or secretive behavior as enigmatic.
She had an enigmatic presence that made us all curious.
Pro Tip 3/3Intriguing Ambiguity
Use 'enigmatic' when a situation is intriguing because it lacks clear explanation.
The enigmatic clues led us to an unexpected treasure.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Mystery
Use 'enigmatic' to describe something that visually puzzles you, like an odd painting or gesture.
His enigmatic gesture left us guessing his intentions.
Pro Tip 2/3Unspoken Thoughts
Describe a person's silent, thoughtful presence or secretive behavior as enigmatic.
She had an enigmatic presence that made us all curious.
Pro Tip 3/3Intriguing Ambiguity
Use 'enigmatic' when a situation is intriguing because it lacks clear explanation.
The enigmatic clues led us to an unexpected treasure.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Mystery
Use 'enigmatic' to describe something that visually puzzles you, like an odd painting or gesture.
His enigmatic gesture left us guessing his intentions.
Pro Tip 2/3Unspoken Thoughts
Describe a person's silent, thoughtful presence or secretive behavior as enigmatic.
She had an enigmatic presence that made us all curious.
Pro Tip 3/3Intriguing Ambiguity
Use 'enigmatic' when a situation is intriguing because it lacks clear explanation.
The enigmatic clues led us to an unexpected treasure.
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Searching for the...
matheson's classic book the snow leopard and ever since i've been obsessed with seeing one of these enigmatic cats in the wild by firelight we talk about the snow leopard not only is it rare but it is wary and elusive to a magical degree and so well camouflaged in the places it
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How does the Rorschach...
to gain new insight into this enigmatic process. Using his inkblot paintings, Rorschach began quizzing hundreds of healthy subjects and psychiatric patients with the same what might this be? However, it wasn’t what the test subjects saw that was most important to Rorschach,
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
It's not something that comes to us from books and theories. It's the real that we touch -- the door, the window, the threshold, the bed -- such prosaic objects. And yet, I try, in every building, to take that virtual world, which is so enigmatic and so rich,
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Why should you read...
This is no ordinary storm, but a violent and vengeful tempest, and it sets the stage for Shakespeare’s most enigmatic play. As the skies clear, we are invited into a world that seems far removed from our own, but is rife with familiar concerns
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Protecting nature’s...
enigmatic and least known population of lures on earth the northern Indian Ocean blue whale and I soon realized I had found my lifelong quest forward to 2012 I'm trying to figure out the first big question that intrigues me why is it
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The Fascinating Lives of...
geladas continue to fascinate humans they remain one of the most charismatic and enigmatic primates maybe because of the strange way they look and act or those eerie similarities with humans or their deep isolation in the ethiopian
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Why should you read...
He also cultivated a mysterious persona, and refused to confirm or deny any speculations about the meaning of his work. This kept audiences guessing, increasing their fascination with his surreal worlds and enigmatic characters.
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This Is Your Brain on...
measurements and I coordinate people because I've spent the last ten years of my life working to develop new technologies that allow us to study brains. You know, this amazing and yet enigmatic space inside our head.
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The Life of a Photograph...
favorite portrait of mine enigmatic emotionally a young person deeply within themselves two photographs at a little lunch stand a small little corner store
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Where the River Nile...
a little way upstream from those enigmatic pyramids the Nile story becomes more complicated
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Searching for the...
matheson's classic book the snow leopard and ever since i've been obsessed with seeing one of these enigmatic cats in the wild by firelight we talk about the snow leopard not only is it rare but it is wary and elusive to a magical degree and so well camouflaged in the places it
Video examples
How does the Rorschach...
to gain new insight into this enigmatic process. Using his inkblot paintings, Rorschach began quizzing hundreds of healthy subjects and psychiatric patients with the same what might this be? However, it wasn’t what the test subjects saw that was most important to Rorschach,
Video examples
Daniel Libeskind's 17...
It's not something that comes to us from books and theories. It's the real that we touch -- the door, the window, the threshold, the bed -- such prosaic objects. And yet, I try, in every building, to take that virtual world, which is so enigmatic and so rich,
Video examples
Why should you read...
This is no ordinary storm, but a violent and vengeful tempest, and it sets the stage for Shakespeare’s most enigmatic play. As the skies clear, we are invited into a world that seems far removed from our own, but is rife with familiar concerns
Video examples
Protecting nature’s...
enigmatic and least known population of lures on earth the northern Indian Ocean blue whale and I soon realized I had found my lifelong quest forward to 2012 I'm trying to figure out the first big question that intrigues me why is it
Video examples
The Fascinating Lives of...
geladas continue to fascinate humans they remain one of the most charismatic and enigmatic primates maybe because of the strange way they look and act or those eerie similarities with humans or their deep isolation in the ethiopian
Video examples
Why should you read...
He also cultivated a mysterious persona, and refused to confirm or deny any speculations about the meaning of his work. This kept audiences guessing, increasing their fascination with his surreal worlds and enigmatic characters.
Video examples
This Is Your Brain on...
measurements and I coordinate people because I've spent the last ten years of my life working to develop new technologies that allow us to study brains. You know, this amazing and yet enigmatic space inside our head.
Video examples
The Life of a Photograph...
favorite portrait of mine enigmatic emotionally a young person deeply within themselves two photographs at a little lunch stand a small little corner store
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Where the River Nile...
a little way upstream from those enigmatic pyramids the Nile story becomes more complicated
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Aidan Gillen
Irish Actor
I hope it's not all I'll ever do, but I know I've played enigmatic characters. For me, the good characters are people who get places, are devious, are cunning and tricky and hard to pin down. Obviously, if you play one and you do an okay job of it, that'll be on people's minds.
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Patrick Modiano
French Novelist
I've always had the wish, the nostalgia to be able to write detective novels. At heart, the principal themes of detective novels are close to the things that obsess me: disappearance, the problems of identity, amnesia, the return to an enigmatic past.
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Gary Lineker
English Footballer
In the time I spent with him, Jurgen Klopp was enigmatic, larger than life, and extremely quick-witted. He is quite unique as a football manager in many ways, and that is what makes him so entertaining.
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Andrea Riseborough
English Actress
Women are really complex and totally enigmatic. Humans are really complex, but in film, we've only ever seen that with men. We've seen antiheroes time and again with male characters.
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Margot Kidder
American Actress
They wanted Bridgette to be this extremely enigmatic character. Im about the least enigmatic person on the planet, so I just thought what I did on the show was boring.
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CeeLo Green
American Musician
For me as an artist, the expansiveness of my interests and my influences make me enigmatic. I think any man can be that way - if you love enough interesting things.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.
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Phil Knight
American Businessman
I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.
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Michael Azerrad
American Author
I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.
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Harry Hamlin
American Actor
I get interested in writers who are enigmatic.
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Aidan Gillen
Irish Actor
I hope it's not all I'll ever do, but I know I've played enigmatic characters. For me, the good characters are people who get places, are devious, are cunning and tricky and hard to pin down. Obviously, if you play one and you do an okay job of it, that'll be on people's minds.
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Patrick Modiano
French Novelist
I've always had the wish, the nostalgia to be able to write detective novels. At heart, the principal themes of detective novels are close to the things that obsess me: disappearance, the problems of identity, amnesia, the return to an enigmatic past.
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Gary Lineker
English Footballer
In the time I spent with him, Jurgen Klopp was enigmatic, larger than life, and extremely quick-witted. He is quite unique as a football manager in many ways, and that is what makes him so entertaining.
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Andrea Riseborough
English Actress
Women are really complex and totally enigmatic. Humans are really complex, but in film, we've only ever seen that with men. We've seen antiheroes time and again with male characters.
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Margot Kidder
American Actress
They wanted Bridgette to be this extremely enigmatic character. Im about the least enigmatic person on the planet, so I just thought what I did on the show was boring.
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CeeLo Green
American Musician
For me as an artist, the expansiveness of my interests and my influences make me enigmatic. I think any man can be that way - if you love enough interesting things.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.
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Phil Knight
American Businessman
I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.
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Michael Azerrad
American Author
I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.
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Harry Hamlin
American Actor
I get interested in writers who are enigmatic.
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