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Mysterious

Mysterious Meaning & Definition
Mysterious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mysterious?

[adj] having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
[adj] of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mysterious: cryptic | cryptical | deep | esoteric | incomprehensible | inexplicable | inscrutable | mystic | mystical | mystifying | occult | orphic | secret

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Mysterious In Webster's Dictionary

\Mys*te"ri*ous\, a. [F. myst[`e]rieux. See 1st {Mystery}.] Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible. God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied, Thought in mysterious terms. --Milton. Syn: Obscure; secret; occult; dark; mystic; cabalistic; enigmatical; unintelligible; incomprehensible.

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