Synonyms for sphinxlike
| Grammar : Adj |
Top 10 synonyms for sphinxlike Other synonyms for the word sphinxlike
- abstruse
- alchemistic
- ambiguous
- arcane
- astrological
- cabalistic
- covert
- deadpan
- Delphian
- difficult
- doubtful
- enigmatical
- equivocal
- esoteric
- furtive
- hidden
- indecipherable
- inexplicable
- insoluble
- mysterial
- mystic
- mystifying
- necromantic
- obscure
- occult
- oracular
- perplexing
- poker-faced
- puzzling
- recondite
- secret
- secretive
- sibylline
- sphinxlike
- spiritual
- stickling
- strange
- stumping
- subjective
- symbolic
- teasing
- transcendental
- unaccountable
- uncanny
- uncertain
- undiscoverable
- unexplainable
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
- unknowable
- unknown
- unnatural
- unreadable
- veiled
- weird
Définition of sphinxlike
- As in inscrutable : adj hidden, mysterious; blank
- As in mysterious : adj secret, concealed
- As in enigmatic : adj mysterious
- As in mystifying : adj mysterious
- As in enigmatic/enigmatical : adj mysterious
- Think well of yourself, my friend, think well of your sphinxlike eyes.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
- No wonder he “crouches in sphinxlike silence 199 on the curbstone.”
- Extract from : « The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance » by Paul Elmer More
- Slowly the Ohio receded from him, somber, implacable, sphinxlike.
- Extract from : « Mortmain » by Arthur Cheny Train
- They all looked eagerly at the criminologist on his return, but his face was sphinxlike.
- Extract from : « The Black Box » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- His manner was sphinxlike again, and the Englishman eyed him curiously, feeling a strong desire to kick him in the shins.
- Extract from : « The Secret Witness » by George Gibbs
- Her husband sat unbendingly silent, in a sphinxlike attitude that gave no outward indication of his mental uneasiness.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Katherine for once took up the gauntlet, while one of her sphinxlike smiles hovered about her mouth.
- Extract from : « The Career of Katherine Bush » by Elinor Glyn
- For one moment he looked up and met her eyes, and she allowed hers to show that sphinxlike smile before she lowered the lids.
- Extract from : « The Career of Katherine Bush » by Elinor Glyn
- The sphinxlike smile hovered round Katherine's mouth; it was enigmatic and horribly tantalizing.
- Extract from : « The Career of Katherine Bush » by Elinor Glyn
- The granite rests in unalterable calm, sphinxlike, on the edge of the watery desert.
- Extract from : « In the Open » by Stanton Davis Kirkham
Antonyms for sphinxlike
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