unexplainable
Defies all reason
Unexplainable means impossible to explain or account for.
The word is interchangeable with inexplicable, though unexplainable sounds slightly more conversational: an unexplainable feeling of dread, The equipment failure remains unexplainable.
Something unexplainable defies rational understanding or lies beyond current knowledge.
Impossible to understand
- confoundingCausing surprise or confusion
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
- puzzlingCausing confusion or bewilderment
mystifying · flummoxing · stupefying · nonplussing · disconcerting · befuddling · mind-boggling · head-scratching
Puzzling and obscure
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- crypticObscure in meaning
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- esotericAccessible to few
occult · veiled · sphinxlike · Delphic · oracular · recondite · hermetic · cabalistic
Eerily beyond normal
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- paranormalBeyond scientific explanation
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
ghostly · spooky · ethereal · phantasmal · numinous · surreal · haunting · preternatural
Not yet documented
- undiscoveredNot yet found
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- unansweredLacking any response
indeterminate · undefined · uncertain · ambiguous · nebulous · hazy · murky · unclear
incomprehensible
Impossible to understand
- confoundingCausing surprise or confusion
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
puzzling · mystifying · flummoxing · stupefying · nonplussing · disconcerting · befuddling · mind-boggling · head-scratching · confusing
enigmatic
Puzzling and obscure
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- crypticObscure in meaning
- arcaneUnderstood by few
esoteric · occult · veiled · sphinxlike · Delphic · oracular · recondite · hermetic · cabalistic · impenetrable
uncanny
Eerily beyond normal
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- paranormalBeyond scientific explanation
spectral · ghostly · spooky · ethereal · phantasmal · numinous · surreal · haunting · preternatural · mystical
uncharted
Not yet documented
- undiscoveredNot yet found
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
unanswered · indeterminate · undefined · uncertain · ambiguous · nebulous · hazy · murky · unclear · unaccountable
unexplainableexplainable
Able to be interpreted
explicable · accountable · explained · determinable · determined
unexplainablecomprehensible
Able to be understood
understandable · intelligible · fathomable · graspable · knowable