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Webster 1913 Edition
Mysterious
Mys-te′ri-ous
,Adj.
[F.
mystèrieux
. See 1st Mystery
.] Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; inexplicable; obscure; not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.
God at last
To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied,
Thought in
To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied,
Thought in
mysterious
terms. Milton.
Syn. – Obscure; secret; occult; dark; mystic; cabalistic; enigmatical; unintelligible; inexplicable; incomprehensible.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mysterious
MYSTE'RIOUS
,Adj.
1.
In religion, obscure; secret; not revealed or explained; hidden from human understanding, or unintelligible; beyond human comprehension. Applied to the divine counsels and government, the word often implies something awfully obscure; as, the ways of God are often mysterious.Definition 2024
mysterious
mysterious
English
Adjective
mysterious (comparative more mysterious, superlative most mysterious)
- Of unknown origin.
- He received a mysterious phone call this morning.
- Having unknown qualities.
- Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us.
- Difficult to understand.
- Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious.
- Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
- Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.
Hyponyms
- long-mysterious
Derived terms
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Translations
of unknown origin
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having unknown qualities
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difficult to understand
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deliberately evasive or enigmatic
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