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
That mystical encounter with the fox was only the beginning.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Concerning the symbolic, there is often a whiff of mystery and obfuscation, of being vaguely jangly, a bit mystical and slightly magical.
—Literary Hub, 23 Dec. 2025
There are gorgeous story collections, as well: Louise Erdrich’s mystical musings, Rachel Khong’s loopy dramas, and Ruth Ozeki’s meditations on the highs and lows of the writing life.
—Hamilton Cain, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
The beauty of these mystical, multi-faceted layer cakes was that everyone tweaked them to their liking, from adding coconut or not, to what frosting is spread around the edges.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mystical
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Concerning the symbolic, there is often a whiff of mystery and obfuscation, of being vaguely jangly, a bit mystical and slightly magical.
—Literary Hub, 23 Dec. 2025
There are gorgeous story collections, as well: Louise Erdrich’s mystical musings, Rachel Khong’s loopy dramas, and Ruth Ozeki’s meditations on the highs and lows of the writing life.
—Hamilton Cain, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
The beauty of these mystical, multi-faceted layer cakes was that everyone tweaked them to their liking, from adding coconut or not, to what frosting is spread around the edges.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mystical
Adjective
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Although Nuccio is as down to earth as anyone could be, and definitely not a mystic, there can be no disputing his stature as a remarkable man.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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Madonna was born and raised Catholic but has long practiced the Jewish mystic tradition of Kabbalah and adopted the Hebrew name Esther in 2004, per The Forward.—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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What should be a perfect evening turns into chaos with the arrival of a psychic.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
19 Jan. 2026
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Which is such a specificity of showing the psychic life of the character, building him from the inside-out and the outside-in.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Magical realism and/or the uncanny.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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The Nebula’s uncanny resemblance to a Bugatti has also raised eyebrows.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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People were interacting at workstations with computers, flipping through books on shelves, reading mysterious notes on desks and watching strange videos.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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If anything, ChatGPT-3 has something of the oracular about it; for as mysterious as the writing process of any author may be in all sorts of intangible and ineffable ways, any person who works in words also understands what’s prosaic and gritty (and thus all the more beautiful) about writing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The most concerning signs of bullying are unexplainable injuries, self-harm or talk of suicide.—
Dr. Mahvash Madni,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Machine learning models can produce unreliable, unpredictable and unexplainable outcomes.—
Anjana Susarla,
The Conversation,
12 Dec. 2025
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The new film Leviticus, from director Adrian Chiarella, is a solemn and frightening acknowledgment of that reality, albeit one allegorized into supernatural horror.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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Adam was almost supernatural in his ability to craft the story and let the humor come out without ever being mean or unfair.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Mystical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mystical. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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