1. a puzzling or inexplicable a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation; occurrence or situation; a person of puzzling or a person of puzzling or contradictory character; contradictory character; a saying, question, picture, a saying, question, picture, etc., containing a hidden etc., containing a hidden meaning or riddle. meaning or riddle.

2. enigma: uh- nig -muh pronunciation:

3. Synonymsbewildermentconundrumquestionparableproblempuzzleriddle

4. RELATED FORMS: enigmatic (adjective) enigmatical (adjective) enigmatically (adverb)

5. Solving the enigmatical wooden puzzle kept me occupied for hours.

6. The shape of the world was an enigma that befuddled people for years.

7. Gordian knots look different from each other, but they are all enigmatic and can only be solved by "cutting the Gordian knot."

8. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is well known for her enigmatic smile.

9. When famed female aviator Amelia Earhart enigmatically disappeared some 20,000 miles into her ‘round-the-world flight in 1937, there was much speculation about what happened.

10. His two-sided personality is enigmatic ; one minute, he is sensitive and sweet, and the next he is truculent.

11. Finding the way can be enigmatic.