MYSTERIOUS Synonyms

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

• of an obscure nature

• of an obscure nature

• supernatural forces and events and beings collectively

• supernatural practices and techniques

• hidden and difficult to see

• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

• cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

• become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished

• hide from view

• open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead

• having more than one possible meaning

• having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• hidden on any grounds for any motive

• not accessible to view

• devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

• (used of color) having a dark hue

• absence of light or illumination

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unilluminated area

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• an unenlightened state

• brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• secret

• showing a brooding ill humor

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• causing dejection

• not giving performances; closed

• difficult to describe

• skillful at eluding capture

• difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• not clear to the understanding

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

• not clear to the understanding

• not accessible to view

• designed to elude detection

• difficult to find

• not admitting of penetration or passage into or through

• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

• impossible to understand

• incapable of being explained or accounted for

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• not clear to the understanding

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

• being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

• relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

• not known before

• suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

• surpassing the ordinary or normal