mysterious
/mis'tiəriəs/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify; having a secret or obscure quality that arouses curiosity or wonder: Describes something that is not fully known or is puzzling, often suggesting an aura of secrecy or the supernatural.
- Suggestive of mystery; having an air of secrecy or the unknown: Describes a quality or atmosphere that is intriguingly elusive or enigmatic.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The disappearance of the ship remains a mysterious event.
- She received a mysterious package with no return address.
- He has a mysterious past that he never discusses.
- The old house had a mysterious atmosphere.
Advanced Usage
- "mysterious to someone": Puzzling or incomprehensible from a specific person's perspective.
- The local customs were completely mysterious to the tourists.
- Used to describe an abstract quality.
- There was a mysterious beauty to the deserted landscape.
Variants and Related Words
- Mysteriously (adverb): In a way that is difficult to understand or explain.
- The lights went out mysteriously.
- Mystery (noun): Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain; a genre of fiction involving a puzzle or crime.
- The origin of the artifact is a complete mystery.
Synonyms
- Enigmatic: Puzzling, difficult to interpret.
- Cryptic: Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.
- Inscrutable: Impossible to understand or interpret.
- Occult: Relating to mystical, supernatural, or magical powers, practices, or phenomena (often more specific).
Antonyms
- Clear: Easy to perceive, understand, or interpret.
- Obvious: Easily perceived or understood; clear.
- Straightforward: Uncomplicated and easy to do or understand.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- A mysterious stranger: A common literary trope referring to an enigmatic, unknown person.
- A mysterious stranger appeared at the door.
- Veiled in mystery: Surrounded by or concealed in secrecy.
- The ancient ceremony was veiled in mystery.
Adjective
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having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
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mysterious symbols
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the mystical style of Blake
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occult lore
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the secret learning of the ancients
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of an obscure nature
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the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
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a deep dark secret
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the inscrutable workings of Providence
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in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life- Rachel Carson
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rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
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