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mysterious
adjective as in obscure, puzzing, suggesting a mystery
Strongest matches
baffling, cryptic, curious, dark, enigmatic, inexplicable, inscrutable, magical, mystical, mystifying, obscure, perplexing, puzzling, secretive, strange, unknown, weird
Weak matches
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
Example Sentences
The price surpassed Klimt’s $108.8 million previous auction record set by the 2023 sale of the Austrian symbolist’s “Lady With a Fan,” a portrait of a mysterious seminude woman clutching a hand fan.
Splotches of mysterious sludge stick to the stone floor.
A moment ago these mysterious adults had been in a screaming argument, but now they seemed satisfied and self-absorbed, as if each had privately declared him-or herself the winner.
On that occasion, too, they had heard something unexpected, a mysterious howling sound that came from behind that very same wall.
Nuthatches, warblers, sparrows, and the occasional wood dove—perfectly acceptable birds all, to be sure, but where were the sage and mysterious owls?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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