inexplicableness

inexplicableness

The inexplicableness of the magic trick left the audience in silent awe.

Definition

Noun: The quality or state of being impossible to explain or account for; the condition of defying rational explanation or interpretation.

Usage Examples
  • (The fact that the monument's building process cannot be logically explained.)
  • (The quality of his mood change being impossible to understand or justify.)
  • (The phenomenon's resistance to any rational explanation.)
Advanced Usage

  • "the inexplicableness of fate": referring to events that seem random or beyond human understanding.

    • He accepted the inexplicableness of fate as a part of life. (He acknowledged that some events cannot be rationally explained.)

  • "an air of inexplicableness": a quality that makes something seem mysterious or unfathomable.

    • The old house had an air of inexplicableness that intrigued visitors. (The house seemed to possess an unaccountable mystery.)
Variants and Related Words

  • Inexplicable (adj): impossible to explain or account for.

    • Her behaviour was inexplicable to everyone at the party. (Her actions could not be understood or justified.)

  • Inexplicability (n): an alternative form meaning the same as inexplicableness.

    • The inexplicability of the event frustrated the researchers. (The event's resistance to explanation caused frustration.)

  • Inexplicably (adv): in a way that cannot be explained.

    • He inexplicably left the meeting early. (He left without any understandable reason.)
Synonyms
  • Unaccountableness: the quality of being impossible to account for or justify.
  • Mysteriousness: the quality of being difficult or impossible to understand or explain.
  • Inscrutability: the quality of being impossible to interpret or understand.
  • Bafflement: a state of being completely puzzled or confused.
Related Idioms

  • Beyond comprehension: impossible to understand or explain.

    • The scale of the disaster was beyond comprehension. (It could not be grasped or explained rationally.)

  • A closed book: something that is not understood or cannot be known.

    • His motives remain a closed book to me. (His reasons are impossible for me to explain or understand.)