adjective
- Of an obscure nature.
- usage: "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
- synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mystifying
- Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
- usage: "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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