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   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

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMYSTERIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of mysterious, an adjective that describes something strange, not known, or not understood. See how to use it in sentences and synonyms, and compare it with related words.

   • English (US)

     strange, not known, or not understood: She's an actress...

   • Mysterious: French Translation

     MYSTERIOUS translate: mystérieux/-euse, mystérieux/-euse,...

   • Myself

     MYSELF definition: 1. used when the subject of the verb is...

   • Mysterious in Arabic

     MYSTERIOUS translate: غامِض. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Mysterious in Catalan

     mysterious translate: misteriós. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Mysterious in Polish

     MYSTERIOUS translate: tajemniczy, tajemniczy, tajemniczy....

   • Portuguese Translation

     MYSTERIOUS translate: misterioso, misterioso/-osa,...

   • Mysterious in Japanese

     MYSTERIOUS translate: 不思議な, 不可解な, 謎（なぞ）の, 神秘的（しんぴてき）な. Learn...

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryMYSTERIOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › mysteriousmysterious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   difficult to understand or explain; strange. He died in mysterious circumstances. the mysterious disappearance of an aircraft. Fate works in mysterious ways. the events that led up to her mysterious death by drowning. A mysterious illness is affecting all the animals. The whole thing was very mysterious. Extra Examples. Want to learn more?

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › mysteriousMysterious - definition of mysterious by The Free Dictionary

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7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › MysteriousMysterious - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   Something that is mysterious has a secret-like quality that makes it hard to understand or define, like your mysterious answers that made your friends curious about what you were really up to. A dark shadow skims across the surface of lake...a strange disease makes a city's inhabitants violently ill...a large, hairy creature is spotted ...

8. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › mysteriousmysterious | meaning of mysterious in Longman Dictionary of ...

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