Definition of mysterious
1a : of, relating to, or constituting mystery the mysterious ways of Godb : exciting wonder, curiosity, or surprise while baffling efforts to comprehend or identify : mystifying heard a mysterious noise a mysterious stranger a mysterious plane crash a mysterious illness
2 : stirred by or attracted to the inexplicable … to help a mysterious wizard … ward off the end of the world with blood sacrifices. — Robert Houston
mysteriously
adverbmysteriousness
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Examples of mysterious in a Sentence
the mysterious ways of nature
We heard a mysterious noise outside our tent.
He died under mysterious circumstances.
A mysterious illness has been spreading through the city.
There's something mysterious about that old woman.
Her behavior was very mysterious.
Recent Examples of mysterious from the Web
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A quiet land surveyor, dissatisfied with his home life, takes a mysterious job in an isolated, unnamed Irish forest steeped in myth and legend.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing vanished en route in March 2014 in one of the most mysterious events in modern aviation history.
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Before the Fall’ takes off after a mysterious plane crash.
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The X-rays from neutron stars do not penetrate Earth's atmosphere, so an instrument designed specifically to observe them from space will give us a better picture of these mysterious objects than ever before.
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Despite his unlettered status, Joe sees more clearly than anyone else that there are great dangers in Pip taking money from a mysterious benefactor and going off to the city.
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A vague, subtle, mysterious change was hoped for which would have magical effects upon all within in range.
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The seventh season of Game of Thrones has been slow and mysterious in every way.
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The mysterious death in West Palm Beach of Butch Trucks, the co-founding drummer of The Allman Brothers Band, was a suicide, according to police records.
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First Known Use of mysterious
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MYSTERIOUS Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of mysterious for English Language Learners
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: strange, unknown, or difficult to understand
MYSTERIOUS Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of mysterious for Students
: strange, unknown, or hard to understand or explain a mysterious noise a mysterious stranger
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adverb She mysteriously disappeared.mysteriousness
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