MYSTERIOUS

mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic

(adjective) 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”

cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying

(adjective) of an obscure nature; “the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms”; “a deep dark secret”; “the inscrutable 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

mysterious (comparative more mysterious, superlative most mysterious)

Of unknown origin.

Synonym: untraceable

Having unknown qualities.

Synonyms: esoteric, uncertain, undefined, Thesaurus:mysterious

Hyponyms: anonymous, faceless, unexplored, unnamed, long-mysterious

Difficult to understand.

Synonym: Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.

Synonym: Thesaurus:covert

Source: Wiktionary

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Mys*te"ri*ous, a. Etym: [F. mystèrieux. See 1st Mystery.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible. God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied, Thought in mysterious terms. Milton.

Syn.

– Obscure; secret; occult; dark; mystic; cabalistic; enigmatical; unintelligible; incomprehensible.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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