1
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 Synonyms for mysteriousness
Noun
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This ambiguity will continue to stifle innovation and will leave banks uncertain about how to proceed, or whether they are permitted to proceed at all.—
Gene A. Grant II,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025 -
A lot of them also indicate a psychotic break, introducing an element of ambiguity that’s true to life and also smart for an independent filmmaker without a huge budget for alien effects.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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After consuming the flame, Anna gains extraordinary dance abilities and begins unraveling the mystery behind her friend’s death.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Jewish couple fled Vienna in 1938 to Monaco, just before World War II, but the painting’s whereabouts until 2023 remained a mystery.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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But the impenetrability of where this story is going, and the dwindling numbers of who will survive by the end of it, are diminishing shadows that glow.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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Curiously, this rediscovered impenetrability has come with Nick Pope, the undisputed No 1 goalkeeper, injured.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
1 Jan. 2025
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Instead, the accomplishment faded into obscurity, unrecorded in our collective national memory.—
Cassidy Randall,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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Monica Barbaro The year’s other big discovery, who catapulted from obscurity to arguably the people’s favorite in Supporting Actress.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This means that during daylight saving time, many young people get up and travel to school in pitch darkness.—
Beth Ann Malow,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2025
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The field is increasingly engulfed in darkness, and—with the score tied—the players must choose between the reckless absurdity of playing a night game without lights and the eternal purgatory of leaving the final contest unresolved.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Mysteriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mysteriousness. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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