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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Enigmatic \E`nig*mat"ic\ (?; 277), Enigmatical
  \E`nig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]nigmatique.]
     Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or
     accounted for; darkly expressed; not clear to the
     understanding; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer;
     I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatical comment until
     much later; prophetic texts so enigmatical that their meaning
     has been disputed for centuries.
  
     Syn: dark, obscure, puzzling.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Enigmatic \E`nig*mat"ic\ (?; 277), Enigmatical
  \E`nig*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]nigmatique.]
     Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or
     accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an
     enigmatical answer.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  enigmatic
       adj 1: not clear to the understanding; "I didn't grasp the meaning
              of that enigmatic comment until much later";
              "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has
              been disputed for centuries" [syn: enigmatical, puzzling]
       2: resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular
          sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests
          might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile" [syn: oracular]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  enigmatic
     Ρουμανικά a.
     αινιγματικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  enigmatic
     Romanian a.
     (l en enigmatic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  enigmatic
     a.
     1 Pertaining to an enigma.
     2 mysterious.
     3 Defying description.
     4 (variant) enigmatical.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  enigmatic
     Romanian a.
     (l en enigmatic)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  enigmatic
     a.
     1 Pertaining to an enigma.
     2 mysterious.
     3 Defying description.
     4 (variant) enigmatical.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  enigmatic
     Englanti a.
     mystinen, arvoituksellinen, mysteerinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  enigmatic
     Engelska a.
     enigmatisk, gåtfull

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Enigmatic /ˌɛnɪɡmˈatɪk/
  مبهم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  enigmatic //ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk// 
  1. мистерио́зен
  mysterious
  2. зага́дъчен
  pertaining to an enigma

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  enigmatic /ˌɛnɪɡmˈatɪk/
  tajemný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  enigmatic /ˌɛnɪɡmˈatɪk/ 
  záhadný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  enigmatic /ˌɛnɪɡmˈatɪk/
  rätselhaft, kryptisch 
        "with an enigmatic smile"  - mit einem hintergründigen Lächeln

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  enigmatic /ˌɛnɪɡmˈatɪk/
  
  αινιγματικός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  enigmatic //ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk// 
  1. mystinen
  mysterious
  2. arvoituksellinen
  pertaining to an enigma

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  enigmatic /ˌɛnɪɡmˈatɪk/
  1. titokzatos
  2. rejtélyes

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  enigmatic //ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk// 
  1. 神秘的
  mysterious
  2. 謎めく
  pertaining to an enigma

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  enigmatic /ˌenɪˈgmætɪk/ 
    enigmatyczny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  enigmatic /ˌɛnɪɡmˈatɪk/ 
  enigmático

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  enigmatic //ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk// 
  enigmatisk
  pertaining to an enigma

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  enigmatic /ˌɛnɪɡmˈatɪk/
  1. bilmece kabilinden, karışık, anlasıaz, saşırtıcı. enigmat'ically  anlaşılması zor bir surette.

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  enigmatic 
  enigmàtic  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  123 Moby Thesaurus words for "enigmatic":
     able, ambiguous, amphibological, amphibolous, arcane, baffling,
     beguiling, bewildering, bothering, cabalistic, censored,
     classified, close, closed, concealed, confounding, confusing,
     cryptic, dark, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, distracting,
     disturbing, embarrassing, equivocal, equivocatory, esoteric,
     exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fascinating,
     hermetic, hidden, hush-hush, incalculable, incognizable,
     incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, intricate, ironic,
     latent, marvelous, miraculous, multivocal, mysterious, mystifying,
     obscure, occult, outlandish, passing strange, perplexing,
     perturbing, phenomenal, polysemantic, polysemous, problematic,
     prodigious, puzzling, rare, remarkable, restricted, riddling,
     sealed, secret, sensational, smothered, sphinxlike, stifled,
     strange, striking, stupendous, suppressed, top secret, ulterior,
     unapparent, unapprehended, unascertained, unbeknown, unbreatheable,
     uncertain, uncharted, unclassified, under security, under wraps,
     undisclosable, undisclosed, undiscoverable, undiscovered,
     undivulgable, undivulged, unexplained, unexplored, unexposed,
     unfamiliar, unfathomed, unheard, unheard-of, unidentified,
     unimaginable, uninvestigated, unique, unknowable, unknown,
     unperceived, unplumbed, unprecedented, unrevealable, unrevealed,
     unspoken, unsuspected, untellable, untold, untouched, unutterable,
     unuttered, unwhisperable, upsetting, virgin, wonderful, wondrous
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  adj.像谜般的;难解的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 阴阳怪气的,谜一般的,高深莫测的

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