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as in ambiguity
the quality or state of being impossible to know, understand, or explain
the mysteriousness of the nocturnal noises evaporated with the arrival of daybreak
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as in ambiguousness
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the unexpected mysteriousness of the phone message had them a little concerned
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Recent Examples of mysteriousness
That intrigue and mysteriousness still rest in the canyon walls today.
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mysteriousness
Noun
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Clarity builds trust; ambiguity erodes it.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Low Urgency Now Versus Accumulative Problems Later Still, the ambiguity creates challenges for systems increasingly asked to justify every investment through near-term financial return.—
Jeffrey Wessler,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Noun
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There is also the mystery around the captivity of Otto Hightower, Alicent’s father.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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For those who prefer fiction to nonfiction, mysteries edge out science fiction and fantasy as the most popular genre overall, and they are favored by both women and readers who read the most books per year (though men are more likely to pick up sci-fi and fantasy).—
Fred Backus,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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In the same way that audiences are trying to unpack the central scheme — or interlocking set of schemes — at the center of Paula’s newfound predicament, so was the Emmy-winning Maslany drawn to the inscrutability of her character.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
24 May 2026
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What these critics don’t reckon with enough is that inscrutability is also a feature of the world.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Garth Jennings has made a movie charting Pulp’s rise from obscurity to cultural touchstone, set to premiere exclusively on Mubi this fall.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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Goldman was deported to Russia in the Palmer Raids of 1919—an undocumented immigrant, shipped to obscurity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 June 2026
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In the midst of this darkness, Obama’s tower rises, not to represent a perfect man or president (there is no such thing), but to represent a Platonic ideal of what America can and should be.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Keeping Americans in the darkness about the parts of our history that include systemic racism not only perpetuates ignorance, but is a moral failure.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
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“Mysteriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mysteriousness. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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