MYSTICAL Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

mystical

adjective

Definition of mystical

as in mystic

impossible to prove, understand, or explain by either the senses or intelligence Survivors of near-death experiences sometimes report mystical visions of the afterlife.

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Recent Examples of mystical But the darker side of humanity has always fascinated me, as do mystical practices. — Ashley Woo, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026 This is given an almost mystical significance, made all the more ridiculous when an actual priest gives a sermon using the brothers as an object lesson in the value of forgiveness. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026 The idea sounded at once mystical, therapeutic, and nightmarish. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Musashi becomes unwillingly bound to the mystical Oni Gauntlet. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mystical

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The mystic whine of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry’s score carries us into a hidden world of ancient Thai deities living inside the mountain’s caves and tunnels.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Such questions, in fact, may not be the right ones to ask about the man variously described as a teacher, philosopher, maverick mystic, and enlightened person.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of mystic

Adjective

Meanwhile, at a college job fair, Angie and Ormewood encounter a grad student claiming to have psychic visions.

— Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 6 Sep. 2026
While psychic readers have storefronts in other parts of the city, this change applies to the Community Business and Boulevard Business zoning districts, which previously did not permit soothsaying.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of psychic

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These mysterious features are a bunch of broad, shallow pits scattered across the Martian bedrock.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
But his plans are turned upside down by a mysterious announcement signed by Lupin, that multiple museums are to be hit with simultaneous heists.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of mysterious

Adjective

Hogan builds the film around audiences’ fascination with the true crime documentary format before steering the narrative into unexpected supernatural territory.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
The cursed island town in Widow’s Bay has summoned all kinds of supernatural entities, much to the dismay of its residents.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

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