enigma
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8.1
- noun
- /ɪˈnɪɡmə/
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enigma
- The disappearance of the ancient civilization remains an enigma for historians.
- remain an enigma
- still an enigma
- resolve the enigma
There's anomalies, there's tiny enigmas, there's little weird blips.
- There's anomalies, there's tiny enigmas, there's little weird blips.
- And no, our enigma goes far beyond simple amnesia.
- Instead it's a Riddle or an enigma, or rather set of riddles, right?
- He's sort of this complete enigma, and he's delightfully scary.
- That is the real enigma because the other guys have them right?
- So Ryan investigates the matter and manages to decipher the enigma.
- When Allen Iverson came up, people thought it might be the enigma, but he was the preview.
- And it's up to his, up to his death, it remained an enigma who is wise, who he was.
- Like it It's y'all are the enigma of sports, especially football, basketball tracks.
- And I've I've found this fascinating women, y'all, y'all are enigmas.
Examples
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Stephen is somewhat of an enigma and is content to wander through life without a real purpose.
Academic text (1998) -
I'm an enigma.
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So that is still an enigma that is not explained.
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It's, it's what you know, how do you, how do you start to stand back from your partner and see them as an enigma again?
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The commercial sex industry remains an enigma within the developed world.
Academic text (2012) -
But life is an enigma.
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Tim is an enigma, a man who holds his cards close to his best.
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Miss Grange was something of an enigma for the summer guests.
Fiction book (2000) -
Yet for all of this, one might say there is still a profound enigma surrounding Aristotle's political works.
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But I don't want to spend the rest of my life chasing after an enigma.
Synonyms
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4.7
Something that is hard to understand or explain
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4.9
A difficult question or mystery that needs clever thought
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8.5
A confusing problem or question that is hard to solve
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6.1
Something you do not know or cannot identify, for example a variable in math
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7.7
Hidden and hard to understand because it is secret
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6.5
A hard puzzle that needs careful thought to solve
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7.4
Something that is hard to understand or know much about
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9.7
Something or someone that is very mysterious and hard to understand
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8.8
A person or thing that is hard to understand and confuses people
A thing that people cannot understand or explain
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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9.7
Something or someone that is very mysterious and hard to understand
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.9
A machine used by Germany in World War II to send secret coded messages
How Mysterious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word enigma comes from the old Greek word ainigma, which meant 'riddle'. So, an enigma is something or someone mysterious and hard to understand.