MYSTERIOUS Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

mysterious

adjective

mi-ˈstir-ē-əs

as in cryptic

being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain the huge stone statues on Easter Island are ancient, mysterious, and haunting

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as in ambiguous

having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning the stranger's mysterious prediction

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Recent Examples of mysterious Maurizio Cattelan, who also wielded a banana with profound memetic effectiveness, is one of the few other artists whose work has this kind of stickiness, but his recent sculptures have leaned more on the public’s appetite for stunts, whereas Rødland plumbs more mysterious depths. —

Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026 People used the app to generate fake videos of women being strangled or splattered with mysterious white goo, people committing crimes, and public figures wearing Nazi-like uniforms. —

Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026 Harpman’s 1995 novel, made famous in the 2020s by TikTok, also follows a group of women held captive by mysterious forces. —

Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 And then, this horrific, mysterious smog shows up. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mysterious

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Adjective

The three-page letter is somewhat cryptic.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
The lyrics are often cryptic and clipped, but bear evidence of turbulence and tumult.

— Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026