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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)

  1. Of unknown origin.
    Synonym: untraceable
  2. Having unknown qualities.
    Synonyms: esoteric, uncertain, undefined; see also Thesaurus:mysterious
    Hyponyms: anonymous, faceless, unexplored, unnamed, long-mysterious
  3. Difficult to understand.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:incomprehensible
  4. 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


mystifying

English

Adjective

mystifying (comparative more mystifying, superlative most mystifying)

  1. Very hard to understand; baffling.

Derived terms

  • mystifyingly

Verb

mystifying

  1. present participle of mystify

mystifying From the web:

  • what's mystifying mean
  • mystifying what does it mean
  • what is mystifying in tagalog
  • what does mystifyingly
  • what is mystifying in english
  • what is a mystifying oracle
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