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 The Convento de Cristo’s interior gives a glimpse of the mystical wonder of the Knights Templar. — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026 Andrew’s research now largely focuses on how brain function is associated with various mental states—in particular, religious and mystical experiences. — Big Think, 6 Aug. 2026 Venturing into the forest with her friend Curtis, Prue stumbles upon a mystical world of humans and talking animals, and must embark on a dangerous adventure to save her brother. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026 And while that might sound mystical to visitors to Southeastern Connecticut, for young Americans desperately hoping for a good first job, there's nothing mystical about a bridge to nowhere. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mystical

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The piece, inspired by the 12th-century polymathic mystic Saint Hildegard of Bingen, was skin-tinglingly breathy and slow, with long tones (played by Malone and her accompanist Stephen O’Malley) that rose up and swirled around the room.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Poetry of a Hindu mystic Kashmir gradually became a predominantly Muslim society after the Shah Mir dynasty came to power in the 14th century.

— Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

Definition of mystic

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What we’re left with is the image of the fanatic, leaving prints on the grass, chasing the President’s golf cart to no avail, working out her psychic need in the epistolary form, writing as much to herself as to her addressee.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
In defiance of such norms, though, Israel’s government seems to be targeting hospitals, creating psychic wounds alongside mass casualties.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of psychic

Adjective

Yesterday’s punk, grunge, and rebel-outsider upstarts have an uncanny way of evolving into today’s elder statesmen of respectable infamy.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
In Season 2, Armison played Max Sugar, a legendary gambling savant with an uncanny ability to read people like cards in the half-hour series.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of uncanny

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Although the bars are not related, all three arrived on the scene under purposefully mysterious circumstances.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Dodson update One of the mysterious developments Thursday was linebacker Dodson leaving the field after individual drills.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of mysterious

Adjective

Things take a dark turn, however, after a series of unexplainable deaths draw Hal and John to a small town in Nebraska.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
That central theme, the ongoing search for truth and meaning in a sometimes mysterious and unexplainable universe, reflects Carter's own views.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of unexplainable

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