different between darksome vs mysterious
darksome
English
Etymology
From dark +? -some.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??ks?m/
Adjective
darksome (comparative more darksome, superlative most darksome)
- (poetic) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
- 1799, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Love
- That sometimes from the savage den,
And sometimes from the darksome shade,
And sometimes staring up at once
In green and sunny glade.
- That sometimes from the savage den,
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter XII, pages 221-222
- […] to cross the silent hall, to ascend the darksome staircase, to seek my own lonely little room, […]
- Synonyms: shaded, cheerless
- 1799, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Love
darksome From the web:
mysterious
English
Etymology
From Middle French mystérieux.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??ri?s
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??st???i.?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /m??st??i.?s/
Adjective
mysterious (comparative more mysterious, superlative most mysterious)
- Of unknown origin.
- Synonym: untraceable
- Having unknown qualities.
- Synonyms: esoteric, uncertain, undefined; see also Thesaurus:mysterious
- Hyponyms: anonymous, faceless, unexplored, unnamed, long-mysterious
- Difficult to understand.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:covert
Derived terms
- mysteriously
- mysteriousness
Related terms
- mystery
Translations
mysterious From the web:
- what mysterious means
- what mysterious mark is on the declaration of independence
- what does mysterious mean
- what's mysterious
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