different between unintelligible vs mystifying

unintelligible

English

Etymology

un- +? intelligible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??n?n?t?l?d??b?l/

Adjective

unintelligible (comparative more unintelligible, superlative most unintelligible)

  1. Not intelligible; unable to be understood.
    • 1697, John Locke, Letter to the Bishop of Worcester (second reply):
      And indeed, my lord, there are so many passages in your writing in this controversy with me, which for their construction, as well as otherwise, are so unintelligible to me, that if I should be so unmannerly as to measure your understanding by mine, I should not know what to think of them.

Synonyms

  • inscrutable, unexplainable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Antonyms

  • intelligible; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Translations

See also

  • incomprehensible
  • unfathomable
  • fathomless

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mystifying

English

Adjective

mystifying (comparative more mystifying, superlative most mystifying)

  1. Very hard to understand; baffling.

Derived terms

  • mystifyingly

Verb

mystifying

  1. present participle of mystify

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