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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There is growing controversy over recent evidence suggesting that a mysterious force known as dark energy might be changing in a way that challenges our current understanding of time and space.

From BBC

A little more than a year after his apology, Berezovsky was found dead in mysterious circumstances in exile in the UK.

From BBC

It could be argued that the Surrealist impulse—primitive, mysterious, downright weird—isn’t modern but as old as art itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

While that brings its own difficulties, not least with his offspring, Mr Sidhu's weekly accounts start reporting mysterious losses and his faith in community - and theirs in him - is seriously tested.

From BBC

That Guthrie obsessively checks the naval news is seen as a mysterious quirk; no one poses the obvious question of whether someone dear to him might be at sea.

From The Wall Street Journal

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