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   Mys·te·ri·ous

   /məˈstirēəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify: "his colleague had vanished in mysterious circumstances" Similar puzzlingstrangepeculiarcuriousfunnyqueeroddweirdbizarremystifyinginexplicablebafflingperplexingbewilderingconfusinguncannydarkimpenetrableincomprehensibleunexplainableunfathomableDelphicsibyllineunaccountableinsolubleobscurearcanereconditesecretesotericoccultcryptichiddenconcealedsupernaturalmysticalOpposite straightforward
   • ▪ (of a location) having an atmosphere of strangeness or secrecy: "a dark, mysterious, windowless building"
   • ▪ (of a person) deliberately enigmatic: "she was mysterious about herself but said plenty about her husband" Similar enigmaticinscrutablesecretivesphinxlikecloak-and-daggerreticentnoncommittaldiscreetevasivefurtivesurreptitiouscovertblackOpposite open

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French mystérieux, from mystère ‘mystery’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mysteriousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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