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How to pronounce mysterious in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mystifying
Derivation mystery


the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms.
in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life.
Type Words
Synonyms mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret
Derivation mystery


mysterious symbols.

Examples of mysterious

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Both disorders often seem mysterious in that their origins are hard to pinpoint.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The Hotel Manager is portrayed as a mysterious, Grim Reaper figure in the opera.
From the bloomberg.com
Derek Cohn, his ear fixed upon the mysterious rhythm, jotted letters onto paper.
From the stltoday.com
It's the mysterious entities filing lawsuits in Eastern Texas that are trolling.
From the forbes.com
The style of his performance is mysterious, until we realise what he represents.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Similar cases of the mysterious illness have been reported in Russia and Canada.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Those began when a mysterious listing began popping up on popular book websites.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More ambitiously, dementia is a route to explore the mysterious logic of memory.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The church is dark and mysterious, rich with a whiff of incense, wax and polish.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Cryptic: 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 ...
  • 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"
  • (mysteriously) cryptically: in a cryptic manner; "we will meet again," he said cryptically
  • (mystery) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"
  • (mystery) a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
  • "Mysterious" is Jentina's third and final single from her eponynomus debut album, Jentina, and was released only in Italy. Plans were made for a UK release but were cancelled.
  • (Mystery (Evanescence song)) Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording private albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. ...
  • (Mystery (Faye Wong album)) Mystery is a 1994 album album by Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer Faye Wong.
  • (Mystery (fiction)) Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term that is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction-- in other words a novel or short story in which a detective (either professional or amateur) investigates and solves a crime. ...