Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   mysterious

   /mɪˈstɪərɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify: "his colleague had vanished in mysterious circumstances" Similar puzzlingstrangepeculiarcuriousfunnyqueeroddweirdbizarremystifyinginexplicablebafflingperplexingbewilderingconfusinguncannydarkimpenetrableincomprehensibleunexplainableunfathomableDelphicsibyllineunaccountableinsolubleobscurearcanereconditesecretesotericoccultcryptichiddenconcealedsupernaturalmysticalOpposite straightforward
   • ▪ (of a location) having an atmosphere of strangeness or secrecy: "a dark, mysterious, windowless building"
   • ▪ (of a person) deliberately enigmatic: "she was mysterious about herself but said plenty about her husband" Similar enigmaticinscrutablesecretivesphinxlikecloak-and-daggerreticentnon-committaldiscreetevasivefurtivesurreptitiouscovertblackOpposite open

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French mystérieux, from mystère ‘mystery’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mysteriousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • M

     3

   • Y

     4

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MysticismMysticism - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mysticism

   • Cached

   2 days ago · The term means "anything hidden", a mystery or secret, of which initiation is necessary. In the New Testament it reportedly takes the meaning of the counsels of God, once hidden but now revealed in the Gospel or some fact thereof, the Christian revelation generally, and/or particular truths or details of the Christian revelation. [web 5]

3. www.britannica.com › topic › mysticismMysticism - Spiritualism, Experience, Beliefs | Britannica

   www.britannica.com › topic › mysticism

   • Cached

   Sep 19, 2024 · It is the mind or intellect that conceptualizes the processes of action and reaction, equality and opposition, and perhaps attraction and repulsion. Equally extrasensory are the realities operative in emotional relationships.

   • Author: Dan Merkur

4. lonerwolf.com › mystical-experience9 Signs You’ve Had a Mystical Experience - LonerWolf

   lonerwolf.com › mystical-experience

   • Cached

   Sep 21, 2024 · In essence, the mystical experience is a state of being in which the personal ego (or separate sense of self) merges back into the Divine Self, also known as Source, Consciousness, God, Nondual Awareness, Brahman, or Nirvana.

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

5. www.britannica.com › topic › mysticismMysticism | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts | Britannica

   www.britannica.com › topic › mysticism

   • Cached

   Sep 19, 2024 · Mysticism, the practice of religious ecstasies (religious experiences during alternate states of consciousness), together with whatever ideologies, ethics, rites, myths, legends, and magic may be related to them. Learn more about mysticism in this article.

   • Author: Dan Merkur

6. www.britannica.com › topic › mysticismMysticism - Spiritual Experience, Enlightenment, Transcendence

   www.britannica.com › topic › mysticism

   • Cached

   Sep 19, 2024 · In the mysterium tremendum (“awe inspiring mystery”), the numinous is experienced as mysterious, awesome, and urgent. Otto identified the other class of experiences, in which the numinous is fascinans (“fascinating”), with the “Dionysian element,” as defined by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

   • Author: Dan Merkur

7. www.indeed.com › career-advice › career-developmentGuide to 9 Types of Fiction: Genre Definitions and Examples

   www.indeed.com › career-advice › career-development

   • Cached

   3 days ago · Mystery is a genre of fiction that focuses on solving crimes and mysterious events. Ordinarily, the protagonist is a detective, and the remaining characters are suspects until proven otherwise. Common characteristics of the mystery genre include: A mysterious crime or death that needs to be solved.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Roanoke_ColonyRoanoke Colony - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Roanoke_Colony

   • Cached

   3 days ago · The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈroʊənoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.