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[ adjective ] of an obscure nature
Synonyms Examples "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms" "a deep dark secret" "the inscrutable workings of Providence" "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)It is like a mysterious epidemic which , starting first with Abigail and Parris , spreads inexorably with a dreadfully growing virulence through the whole town until all have been infected by it . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)In the work of every artist , I suppose , there may be found one or more moments which strike the student as absolutely decisive , ultimately emblematic of what it is all about ; not less strikingly so for being mysterious , as though some deeply hidden constatation of thoughts were enciphered in a single image , a single moment . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)Man has the experience of being helpfully allied_with what he cannot fully understand ; he is a coordinate part of all_of the mysterious energy and being and movement . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Suddenly she was very mysterious and dramatic . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)The kiss outraged our friends but it was done and meanwhile had released in me all the remote , exciting premonitions of lust , all the mysterious sensations that I had imagined a truly consummated kiss would convey to me . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
Examples "mysterious symbols" "the mystical style of Blake" "occult lore" "the secret learning of the ancients" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)There was in the Brahms none of the mysterious and marvelous alchemy by which a great conductor can bring soloist , orchestra and music to ultimate fusion . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)It casts a spell upon them so_that they leave with a feeling of having been in the mysterious presence of an evil power . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)The cold , mysterious presence of God was all around him . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)The events of the last quarter of an hour , mysterious to any bird accustomed only to the predictable life of coop and barnyard , had overcome the doctor 's hen and she gave_out a series of cackly wails , perhaps mourning her nest , but briefly enjoyed . Related terms |
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