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- pronunciation:
- mih
sti
ri
 s
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
full of or relating to mystery.
"I have a secret," she said, in a mysterious whisper.- synonyms:
- puzzling
- antonyms:
- open
- similar words:
- baffling, eerie
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| definition 2: |
not known and not able to be explained; puzzling.
Astronomers became interested in the mysterious flashes of light in the sky.- synonyms:
- puzzling
- similar words:
- ambiguous, baffling, eerie, incomprehensible, obscure, unknown
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| related words: |
dark, miraculous, weird |
| derivations: |
mysteriously (adv.), mysteriousness (n.) |
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