Thesaurus: mysterious

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1. a. Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.
2. adj. of an obscure nature
3. adj. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
4. 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.
5. Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult orimpossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained;enigmatical; incomprehensible.God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied, Thought inmysterious terms. Milton.
6. j:100 s. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding