mysterious

Definition for mysterious

adjective as in obscure, puzzing, suggesting a mystery

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

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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

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Ray’s mysterious and fraught history as a member of the British military during the Troubles is a festering boil this film will eventually lance.

From Los Angeles Times

It feels as if my diet has gone from bountiful to bland, my prospects from mysterious to mundane.

From Los Angeles Times

Imagine you’ve finally taken your car to the mechanic to investigate that mysterious warning light that’s been flashing on your dashboard for the past week and a half.

From Los Angeles Times

Police said the "mysterious trafficking syndicate" was luring Kenyans with job offers in Moscow, only to send them to fight for the Russian military in Ukraine.

From BBC

On Thursday, the Mariners launched a search for the mysterious stranger who had gifted the ball to someone he had never met.

From Los Angeles Times

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