indecipherable
Impossible to understand
Indecipherable describes something that cannot be decoded or made sense of.
Handwriting may be indecipherable when too messy to read: The doctor's prescription was indecipherable.
An ancient script without a key remains indecipherable.
The word extends to anything impossible to understand or interpret: an indecipherable expression on her face.
Symbolic picture-based writing
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- runesOld Germanic script
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- scrawlCareless, illegible writing
shorthand · cipher · code · glyphs · symbols · notation · script · inscription
Impossible to understand
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- mysteriousBeyond easy comprehension
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
opaque · obscure · cryptic · baffling · puzzling · perplexing · incomprehensible · inexplicable
Obscure in meaning
- encodedConverted to cipher
- encryptedTransformed into cipher
- scrambledMixed into disorder
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
secret · codebreaking · enigma · cipher · algorithm · puzzle · steganography · cryptanalysis
hieroglyphics
Symbolic picture-based writing
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- runesOld Germanic script
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
scrawl · shorthand · cipher · code · glyphs · symbols · notation · script · inscription · characters
inscrutable
Impossible to understand
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- mysteriousBeyond easy comprehension
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
impenetrable · opaque · obscure · cryptic · baffling · puzzling · perplexing · incomprehensible · inexplicable · confounding
cryptic
Obscure in meaning
classified · secret · codebreaking · enigma · cipher · algorithm · puzzle · steganography · cryptanalysis · Rosetta
mumble
Speak softly, indistinctly
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- babbleIncoherent speech
slur · accent · dialect · garble · mutter · whisper · jargon · unintelligible · incoherent · inarticulate
- hard to readblurry text, illegible, faded print, blurred, smudged
- mysteriousmysterious, cryptic, enigmatic, arcane, obscure
indecipherablecomprehensible
Able to be understood
decipherable · understandable · comprehendible · intelligible · interpretable
indecipherableclear
Without obstruction or fog
unambiguous · unequivocal · lucid · plain · transparent