Cryptic
Cryptic adjective - Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain.
Usage example: puzzled by the cryptic e-mail message left on his computer
Perplexing is a synonym for cryptic in secret topic. In some cases you can use "Perplexing" instead an adjective "Cryptic", when it comes to topics like mysterious, enigmatic.
Perplexing
Perplexing adjective - Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity.
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- difficult and cryptic
- difficult and perplexing
- abstruse and cryptic
- abstruse and perplexing
- involved and cryptic
- involved and perplexing
- obscure and cryptic
- obscure and perplexing
- unclear and cryptic
- unclear and perplexing
- ambiguous and cryptic
- ambiguous and perplexing
- complicated and cryptic
- complicated and perplexing
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