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as in cryptic
being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain
the huge stone statues on Easter Island are ancient, mysterious, and haunting
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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
the stranger's mysterious prediction
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Recent Examples of mysterious
Oud and Spice: Notes of oud, or spice-forward variations add a mysterious aura to a fragrance, and work well for evening dates.
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
Taken together, these perfume notes are unique, mysterious and complex.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
The black comedy’s 2018 predecessor stars Kendrick as a widowed mommy vlogger who becomes bewitched by the chic and mysterious Emily, another mother at their kids’ school.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
The groundbreaking find, the researchers claim, could reshape our understanding of the universe and its most powerful and mysterious signals.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
Taken together, these perfume notes are unique, mysterious and complex.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
The black comedy’s 2018 predecessor stars Kendrick as a widowed mommy vlogger who becomes bewitched by the chic and mysterious Emily, another mother at their kids’ school.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
The groundbreaking find, the researchers claim, could reshape our understanding of the universe and its most powerful and mysterious signals.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mysterious
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But the child’s uncle departed with a cryptic comment when he was told how happy his brother’s family had appeared to their neighbors.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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In a statement posted to X, Ravenel hinted at his intentions and shared a cryptic message for his opponents.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Their reasoning is ambiguous and the move is likely to put moderate Republicans facing reelection in swing districts in an uncomfortable position.—
Lee Hamilton,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Executive orders have nearly always been legally ambiguous.—
Meredith Conroy,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Iris, played by Heretic and Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher, is a gorgeous yet enigmatic young woman who looks something like Zooey Deschanel in her New Girl years but without her happy, slightly thoughtless enthusiasm for life.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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The second season takes the series’ tense atmosphere and twisty storyline to the next level, with more enigmatic threats and a psychological game with devastating consequences.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
TIME,
31 Jan. 2025
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The show’s recently released second and, sadly, final season raises the stakes of his misadventures, taking darker turns but abandoning neither the absurd humor nor the glimpses of beauty that add dimensions to Amer’s quintessentially American, Palestinian-refugee story.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
3 Feb. 2025
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Not too light nor too dark, the coppery color is warm yet bright, with few highlights.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
3 Feb. 2025
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Healy Lake members have long considered their dogs to be mystic companions, according to Combs.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2024
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But there is also the slow minimalism of Morton Feldman and the manic yet patient seeking of Italy’s mystic count Giacinto Scelsi, in the twentieth century.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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This obscure economics concept shows a profitable path forward even though our competitors are drastically undercutting us.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
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Radio Paradise also offers extensive biographies of artists both famous and obscure.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The work proved to have uncanny resonances with the catastrophe that overtook Pacific Palisades and Altadena on January 7th.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Yet another gut-wrenching scenario for a team that now has won an uncanny 17 straight one-possession games.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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A little more than an hour outside of Columbus, the Anna Engine Plant started building engines for the Goldwing motorcycle, something that would have been of deep interest to me and all the other schoolchildren who were obsessed with what seemed like the world's most excessive two-wheeler.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
3 Feb. 2025
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Pour the oil to a depth of 1 inch into a large, heavy, deep skillet.—
Katie Workman,
Twin Cities,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Mysterious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mysterious. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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