more mysterious

ADJECTIVE

secret, concealed

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 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

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more mysterious

The finding suggests that their evolution was more complicated, and more mysterious, than scientists previously understood.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

We find a rural gas station wedged between diverging paths—one more mysterious than the other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Most of these readers are pitching their hometowns or sharing finds from their own western ramblings, but others are more mysterious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

The motive behind the British intrusion was more mysterious.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

Turner felt as if the world was suddenly a more mysterious place.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt