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adjective
abstruse, arcane, arcanus, baffling, cabalistic, clandestine, cloaked, coded, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, ineffable, inexplicable, inscrutable, magical, masked, mystic, mystical, mystifying, obscure, occult, occultus, oracular, perplexing, preternatural, privy, puzzling, recondite, runic, screened, secret, secretive, secretus, shadowy, sphinxian, sphinxlike, stealthy, strange, supernatural, supernormal, surreptitious, transcendental, umbrageous, unaccountable, uncanny, undeciphered, undercover, underhand, undisclosed, unexplainable, unexplained, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknown, unrevealed, untold, veiled, weird
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index
covert, elusive, enigmatic, esoteric, evasive, furtive, hidden, inapprehensible, incomprehensible, indefinable, indefinite, indistinct, ineffable, inexplicable, inscrutable, obscure (abstruse), oracular, peculiar (curious), private (confidential), privy, problematic, recondite, secret, surreptitious, uncanny, uncertain (ambiguous), undisclosed, vague
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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mysterious — mysterious, inscrutable, arcane mean beyond one s power to discover, understand, or explain. Something mysterious excites wonder, curiosity, or surmise yet baffles all attempts to explain it {extremes in Nature equal ends produce, in Man they… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
mysterious — [mis tir′ē əs] adj. [< L mysterium (see MYSTERY1) + OUS] of, containing, implying, or characterized by mystery mysteriously adv. mysteriousness n. SYN. MYSTERIOUS is applied to that which excites curiosity, wonder, etc. but is impossible or… … English World dictionary
Mysterious — 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; inexplicable; obscure; not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible. [1913 Webster] God … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mysterious — (adj.) 1610s, full of mystery, from L. mysterium (see MYSTERY (Cf. mystery) (1)) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Mysteriously; mysteriousness. Earlier in same sense was mysterial (early 15c.), from L.L. mysterialis … Etymology dictionary
mysterious — [adj] secret, concealed abstruse, alchemistic, arcane, astrological, baffling, cabalistic, covert, cryptic, curious, dark, difficult, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable,… … New thesaurus
mysterious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify. 2) deliberately enigmatic. DERIVATIVES mysteriously adverb mysteriousness noun … English terms dictionary
mysterious — mys|te|ri|ous [mıˈstıəriəs US ˈstır ] adj 1.) mysterious events or situations are difficult to explain or understand ▪ The police are investigating the mysterious deaths of children at the hospital. ▪ Benson later disappeared in mysterious… … Dictionary of contemporary English
mysterious — adjective 1 mysterious events, behaviour, or situations are difficult to explain or understand: His father died of a mysterious disease. | a mysterious smile | in mysterious circumstances: Benson later disappeared in mysterious circumstances. 2 a … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mysterious — mys|te|ri|ous [ mı stıriəs ] adjective ** 1. ) not explained or understood: They are investigating the mysterious disappearance of a young man. mysterious circumstances: He died in mysterious circumstances. a ) not recognized or known: a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mysterious — [[t]mɪstɪ͟əriəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is mysterious is strange and is not known about or understood. He died in mysterious circumstances... A mysterious illness confined him to bed for over a month... The whole thing seems… … English dictionary
