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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegible |
| Synonyms: | cacographic, crabbed, difficult to read, hard to make out, incomprehensible, indecipherable, scrawled, scribbled, unclear, undecipherable |
| Notes: | illegible refers to bad handwriting, while unreadable refers to poor writing |
| Main Entry: | inscrutable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, mysterious; blank |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, arcane, cabalistic, deadpan, difficult, enigmatic, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, mysterial, mystic, poker-faced, secret, sphinxlike, unaccountable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable, unreadable |
| Antonyms: | clear, comprehensible, evident, intelligible, obvious, plain |
| Main Entry: | unintelligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not understandable |
| Synonyms: | Greek, ambiguous, equivocal, fathomless, illegible, impenetrable, inarticulate, incognizable, incoherent, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indistinct, inexplicit, jumbled, meaningless, muddled, obscure, opaque, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unfathomable, ungraspable, unknowable, unreadable, vague |
| Antonyms: | comprehensible, intelligible, meaningful, understandable |
| Main Entry: | undecipherable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegible |
| Synonyms: | cryptic, incomprehensible, indecipherable, unclear, unintelligible, unreadable |
| Antonyms: | clear, legible, readable |
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