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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /mɪstiəɹiəs/
SAMPA: /mIsti@ri@s/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-mysterious.ogg

Adjective

of unknown origin
has unknown qualities

Related terms

mystery

Translations

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Armenian: {{t|hy|խորհրդավոր|tr=xorhrdavor|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|hy|առեղծվածային|tr=aṙeġçvaçayin|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|hy|հանելուկային|tr=hanelowkayin|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}}
Basque: {{t|eu|misteriotsu|xs=Basque}}, {{t|eu|misteriozko|xs=Basque}}
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Bulgarian: {{t|bg|таинствен|tr=tainstven}}
Chinese: {{t|zh|神秘的|tr=shén mì de}}, {{t|zh|奥|tr=ào}}
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Czech: {{t-|cs|tajemný|m}}, {{t-|cs|záhadný|m}}
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Greek: {{t|el|μυστήριος|tr=mystērios}}
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Korean: {{t|ko|신비한|tr=sin-bi-han}}
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Lithuanian: {{t-|lt|paslaptingas|xs=Lithuanian}}
Mongolian: {{t-|mn|нууц далд|tr=nuuc dald|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
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Portuguese: {{t+|pt|misterioso|m}}, {{t+|pt|misteriosa|f}}
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Russian: {{t|ru|таинственный|tr=taínstvennyj}}
Serbian: {{t|sr|тајанствен|tajanstven}}
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Thai: {{t|th|ลี้ลับ|tr=lée láp}}
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Ukrainian: {{t|uk|таємничий|tr=tajemnýčyj}}
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Faeroese:
Japanese: {{t|ja|不思議|tr=fushigi}} {{t|ja|ふしぎ|tr=fushigi}}, {{t|ja|神秘的|tr=shinpi teki}} {{t|ja|しんぴてき|shinpi teki}}

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Category:English adjectives

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Mysterious \Mys*te"ri*ous\, a. [F. myst[`e]rieux. See 1st
Mystery.]
Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult
or impossible to understand; inexplicable; obscure; not
revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.
[1913 Webster]

God at last
To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied,
Thought in mysterious terms. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Obscure; secret; occult; dark; mystic; cabalistic;
enigmatical; unintelligible; inexplicable;
incomprehensible.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet mysterious
adj 1: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written
without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark
secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in
its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins
of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying
to visitors from other lands" [syn: cryptic, cryptical,
deep, inscrutable, mystifying]
2: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to
the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding;
"mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake";
"occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" [syn:
mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic]

Moby Dictionary
able , abstruse , ambiguous , amphibological , amphibolous , anagogic ,
arcane , awe-inspiring , awesome , awful , awing , baffling , beclouded ,
bewildering , bizarre , blind , bothering , buried , cabalic ,
cabalistic , censored , classified , close , closed , clouded ,
concealed , confounding , confusing , covered , covert , cryptic ,
curious , dark , discomposing , disconcerting , dismaying , distracting ,
disturbing , eclipsed , eerie , embarrassing , enigmatic ,
enwrapped in mystery , equivocal , equivocatory , esoteric ,
extramundane , extraterrestrial , fey , furtive , hermetic , hid ,
hidden , hush-hush , hypernormal , hyperphysical , impenetrable ,
in a cloud , in a fog , in eclipse , in purdah , in the wings ,
incalculable , incognizable , incommunicado , incomprehensible ,
indefinable , inexplicable , inextricable , inscrutable , insoluble ,
insolvable , intricate , ironic , latent , metaphysic , multivocal ,
mystic , mystical , mystifying , numinous , obfuscated , obscure ,
obscured , occult , otherworldly , perplexing , perturbing ,
polysemantic , polysemous , preterhuman , preternatural , preternormal ,
pretersensual , problematic , psychic , puzzling , recondite ,
restricted , sealed , secluded , secluse , secret , sequestered ,
smothered , spiritual , stifled , strange , superhuman , supernatural ,
supernormal , superphysical , supersensible , supersensual ,
suppressed , supramundane , supranatural , theosophical , theosophist ,
top secret , transcendental , transmundane , ulterior , unaccountable ,
unapparent , unapprehended , unascertained , unbeknown , unbreatheable ,
uncanny , uncertain , uncharted , unclassified , unclear , undefinable ,
under an eclipse , under cover , under house arrest , under security ,
under wraps , underground , undisclosable , undisclosed ,
undiscoverable , undiscovered , undivulgable , undivulged , unearthly ,
unexplainable , unexplained , unexplored , unexposed , unfamiliar ,
unfathomable , unfathomed , ungraspable , unguessed , unheard ,
unheard-of , unhuman , unidentified , unintelligible , uninterpretable ,
uninvestigated , unknowable , unknown , unperceived , unplumbed ,
unrevealable , unrevealed , unsolvable , unspoken , unsuspected ,
untellable , untold , untouched , unutterable , unuttered ,
unwhisperable , unworldly , upsetting , virgin , weird ,
wrapped in clouds