Mysterious

//mɪˈstɪə̯.ɹi.əs//

Synonyms for "mysterious" (296 found)

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Closest matches (60)

Strong matches (88)

disconcerting dismaying distracting disturbing eclipsed eerie elusive embarrassing enigmatic enwrapped in mystery equivocal equivocatory exotic extramundane extraterrestrial fey funny furtive hermetic hid

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Adjective(31 words)

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intriguing low profile lurksome lurky mousy mysterial mysterioso mystic nonunderstandable obfuscated obscure

Adjective(4 words)

inscrutable mystic mystical mystifying

Related words (148)

occult opaque otherworldly paradoxical perplexing perturbing polysemantic polysemous preterhuman preternatural preternormal pretersensual problematic problematical profound prophetic psychic psychical puzzling queer

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recondite restricted sealed secluded secluse secret sequestered smothered spiritual stifled strange superhuman supernatural supernormal superphysical supersensible supersensual suppressed supramundane supranatural theosophical theosophist top secret transcendental transmundane ulterior unaccountable unapparent unapprehended unascertained unbeknown unbreatheable uncanny uncertain uncharted unclassified unclear undefinable under an eclipse under cover under house arrest under security under wraps underground undisclosable undisclosed undiscoverable undiscovered undivulgable undivulged unearthly unexplainable unexplained unexplored unexposed unfamiliar unfathomable unfathomed ungraspable unguessed unheard unheard of unheard-of unhuman unidentified unintelligible uninterpretable uninvestigated unknowable unknown unperceived unplumbed unrevealable unrevealed unsolvable unspoken unsuspected untellable untold untouched untraceable unutterable unuttered unwhisperable unworldly upsetting virgin weird wrapped in clouds

Adjective(3 words)

occult orphic secret

Adjective(36 words)

off-the-books on the down-low on the sly quisquous retruse runish secret secretive sibylline slinky sly sneaky stealth stealthy sub rosa surreptitious systerious thick turbid undecipherable

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under the radar under wraps under-the-table undercover underground undetermined undiscoverable unexplainable unfathomable ungraspable unintelligible unknowable unperceived untraceable ununderstandable vague

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

1 entries

unknown

More specific

31 entries

Delphic Unknown geography Unknown intent Unknown meaning Unknown name or identity Unknown origin Unknown position anonymous chartless faceless gnomic gnomical lost nameless nontrackable oracular

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Synonyms

3 entries

esoteric inscrutable untraceable

Related terms

5 entries

ambiguous intriguing mystery strange vague

derived

5 entries

God works in mysterious ways mysteriously mysteriousness the Lord works in mysterious ways unmysterious

derived from

1 entries

mystery

related to

12 entries

deliberately difficult enigmatic evasive mystery mystical mystification mystify origin quality understand unknown

similar

4 entries

esoteric incomprehensible inexplicable

Translations

139 translations across 66 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

misterieus adj (of unknown origin)

Albanian

1 entries

misterioz adj (of unknown origin)

Arabic

1 entries

غَامِض adj (of unknown origin)

Armenian

3 entries

առեղծվածային adj (of unknown origin)
խորհրդավոր adj (of unknown origin)
հանելուկային adj (of unknown origin)

Asturian

1 entries

misteriosu adj (of unknown origin)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

müəmmalı adj (of unknown origin)
əsrarlı adj (of unknown origin)
əsrarəngiz adj (of unknown origin)

Basque

2 entries

misteriotsu adj (of unknown origin)
misteriozko adj (of unknown origin)

Belarusian

1 entries

таямні́чы adj (of unknown origin)

Bulgarian

4 entries

загадъчен adj (difficult to understand)
мистериозен adj (deliberately evasive or enigmatic)
таи́нствен adj (of unknown origin)
тайнствен adj (having unknown qualities)

Catalan

1 entries

misteriós adj (of unknown origin)

Chinese

1 entries

神奇 adj (of unknown origin)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

神秘 adj (of unknown origin)

Czech

3 entries

tajemný adj (of unknown origin)
tajuplný adj (having unknown qualities)
záhadný adj (of unknown origin)

Dutch

4 entries

geheimzinnig adj (of unknown origin)
geheimzinnig adj (having unknown qualities)
mysterieus adj (of unknown origin)
mysterieus adj (having unknown qualities)

Esperanto

1 entries

mistera adj (of unknown origin)

Estonian

1 entries

salapärane adj (of unknown origin)

Finnish

4 entries

arvoituksellinen adj (deliberately evasive or enigmatic)
mystinen adj (of unknown origin)
mystinen adj (having unknown qualities)
outo adj (of unknown origin)

French

1 entries

mystérieux adj (of unknown origin)

Galician

1 entries

misterioso adj (of unknown origin)

Georgian

3 entries

იდუმალი adj (of unknown origin)
იდუმალი adj (having unknown qualities)
ფარული adj (of unknown origin)

German

2 entries

mysteriös adj (of unknown origin)
rätselhaft adj (having unknown qualities)

Greek

1 entries

μυστήριος adj (of unknown origin)

Greenlandic

1 entries

paasissaalluanngilaq adj (of unknown origin)

Hebrew

1 entries

מִסְתּוֹרִי adj (of unknown origin)

Hindi

2 entries

गूढ adj (of unknown origin)
रहस्यपूर्ण adj (of unknown origin)

Hungarian

3 entries

rejtelmes adj (of unknown origin)
rejtélyes adj (of unknown origin)
titokzatos adj (of unknown origin)

Ido

2 entries

misterioza adj (of unknown origin)
misterioza adj (having unknown qualities)

Indonesian

1 entries

misterius adj (of unknown origin)

Irish

2 entries

rúnda adj (having unknown qualities)
rúndiamhair adj (of unknown origin)

Italian

2 entries

ignoto adj (of unknown origin)
misterioso adj (of unknown origin)

Japanese

3 entries

ミステリアスな adj (of unknown origin)
不思議な adj (of unknown origin)
神秘的な adj (of unknown origin)

Khmer

1 entries

អាថ៌កំបាំង adj (of unknown origin)

Korean

1 entries

신비(神秘)하다 adj (of unknown origin)

Latin

4 entries

arcanus adj (of unknown origin)
arcanus adj (having unknown qualities)
mysterius adj (of unknown origin)
mysticus adj (of unknown origin)

Latvian

4 entries

mīklains adj (of unknown origin)
mīklains adj (having unknown qualities)
noslēpumains adj (of unknown origin)
noslēpumains adj (having unknown qualities)

Lithuanian

1 entries

paslaptingas adj (of unknown origin)

Malay

2 entries

penuh misteri adj (of unknown origin)
penuh misteri adj (having unknown qualities)

Mongolian

1 entries

нууц далд adj (of unknown origin)

Māori

4 entries

porehu adj (of unknown origin)
porehu adj (deliberately evasive or enigmatic)
pōkīkī adj (difficult to understand)
pōkīkī adj (deliberately evasive or enigmatic)

Norman

1 entries

mystéthieux adj (of unknown origin)

Norwegian

2 entries

mystiskt adj (difficult to understand)
mystiskt adj (difficult to understand)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

mystisk adj (difficult to understand)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

mystisk adj (difficult to understand)

Occitan

1 entries

misteriós adj (of unknown origin)

Persian

2 entries

مبهم adj (of unknown origin)
مرموز adj (of unknown origin)

Polish

4 entries

tajemniczy adj (of unknown origin)
tajemniczy adj (having unknown qualities)
zagadkowy adj (difficult to understand)
zagadkowy adj (deliberately evasive or enigmatic)

Portuguese

4 entries

misterioso adj (of unknown origin)
misterioso adj (having unknown qualities)
misterioso adj (difficult to understand)
misterioso adj (deliberately evasive or enigmatic)

Romanian

1 entries

misterios adj (of unknown origin)

Russian

4 entries

зага́дочный adj (of unknown origin)
зага́дочный adj (deliberately evasive or enigmatic)
неизве́стный adj (having unknown qualities)
непоня́тный adj (difficult to understand)

Sanskrit

1 entries

गूढ adj (of unknown origin)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

dìomhair adj (of unknown origin)
dìomhair adj (having unknown qualities)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

tajanstven adj (of unknown origin)
zagonetan adj (of unknown origin)
загонетан adj (of unknown origin)
тајанствен adj (of unknown origin)

Slovak

2 entries

tajomný adj (of unknown origin)
záhadný adj (of unknown origin)

Slovene

1 entries

skrivnosten adj (of unknown origin)

Spanish

1 entries

misterioso adj (of unknown origin)

Swahili

1 entries

kidube adj (of unknown origin)

Swedish

1 entries

mystisk adj (of unknown origin)

Tagalog

1 entries

katakataka adj (of unknown origin)

Thai

1 entries

ลี้ลับ adj (of unknown origin)

Tibetan

1 entries

མགོ་འཐོམ་ཡག adj (of unknown origin)

Turkish

2 entries

esrarlı adj (of unknown origin)
gizemli adj (of unknown origin)

Turkmen

1 entries

syrly adj (of unknown origin)

Ukrainian

1 entries

таємни́чий adj (of unknown origin)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thần bí adj (of unknown origin)

Welsh

2 entries

cyfriniol adj (of unknown origin)
rhiniol adj (of unknown origin)

Yiddish

1 entries

מיסטעריעז adj (of unknown origin)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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I always liked mysterious characters more.

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This place has a mysterious atmosphere.

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Love moves in mysterious ways.

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Mona Lisa has a mild but mysterious smile.

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