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US
/mɪˈstɪɹiəs/
]
[ UK /mɪstˈiəɹɪəs/ ]
[ UK /mɪstˈiəɹɪəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of an obscure nature
in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life
the inscrutable workings of Providence
rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
a deep dark secret
the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms -
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
the mystical style of Blake
occult lore
the secret learning of the ancients
mysterious symbols
How To Use mysterious In A Sentence
- The mysterious jack snipe is a typical bird of the often water-logged northern taiga, birch and willow country.
- We also ate a lot of mysterious crumbed meats accompanied with fried potatoes.
- Solomon himself impersonated the phallic god Baal-Rimmon, "Lord of the Pomegranate," when he was united with his divine bride, the mysterious Shulamite, and drank the juice of her pomegranate Song of Solomon 8:2. Archive 2008-03-01
- The worst of the attack is over but I'm still spending a great deal of time sleeping and, although the fever's gone, the mysterious joint and muscular aches remain.
- Hesher (Director: Spencer Susser; Screenwriters: Spencer Susser and David Michod; Story by Brian Charles Frank) — A mysterious, anarchical trickster descends on the lives of a family struggling to deal with a painful loss. Sundance 2010 Competition Lineup Arrives, And Here Are Some Highlights » MTV Movies Blog
- Searle wants to deny that collective intentions are analyzable in terms of singular intentions, but he also wants (and in my view with better reasons) to deny that there are collective spirits or other mysterious creations.
- This would suggest that he might have returned to bed before collapsing and dying in mysterious circumstances. Times, Sunday Times
- Along the rocky paths Buddhist monks appear like ghosts and vanish mysteriously into the trees.
- He stacked the books on pedestals, making three mysterious columns on one side of the shadowy gallery, two on the other.
- History repeats itself in some less than mysterious ways.