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mysterious

(m/I/'st/i/r/i//@/s )

adjective (a)

Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure; not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.(adjective)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

of an obscure nature(adj.all)

Example:
The new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms.
In its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life.

Synonym:
cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mystifying

source: wordnet30
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding(adj.all)

Example:
Mysterious symbols.

Synonym:
mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret

source: wordnet30

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