mysterious

[mi-steer-ee-uhs] / mɪˈstɪər i əs /

ADJECTIVE

obscure, puzzing, suggesting a mystery

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baffling cryptic curious dark enigmatic inexplicable inscrutable magical mystical mystifying obscure perplexing puzzling secretive strange unknown weird

WEAK

abstruse alchemistic arcane astrological cabalistic covert difficult eldritch enigmatical equivocal esoteric furtive hidden impenetrable incomprehensible insoluble necromantic occult oracular recondite sphinxlike spiritual subjective symbolic transcendental uncanny unfathomable unknowable unnatural veiled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apparent bright clear comprehendible comprehensible evident familiar intelligible known normal obvious plain regular usual visible

WEAK

public straightforward tangible unmysterious

Example Sentences

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Bowel cancer samples that have been stored for up to a century will be analysed to try to solve the mysterious rise of the disease in young people.

From BBC

The couple had been seeking help for their adult son, who was confined to a wheelchair due to a mysterious illness.

From The Wall Street Journal

The audience — filled with both critics and early viewers with a ticket to an advanced screening — was eager to see what Cregger’s mysterious film had in store for them.

From Salon

Remarkably, her family agrees to their marriage, but when Arturo discovers that the mysterious prisoner held by Puritans is Enrichetta, the widow of the executed King Charles I, he helps her escape.

From The Wall Street Journal

He is cautious about bitcoin because of “the mystery about its founder. . . . One wants to understand what one is investing in. Bitcoin’s foundation is too mysterious.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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