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Meaning of "mysterious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MYSTERIOUS

mysterious  [mɪˈstɪərɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MYSTERIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mysterious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MYSTERIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mysterious in the English dictionary

The definition of mysterious in the dictionary is characterized by or indicative of mystery. Other definition of mysterious is puzzling, curious, or enigmatic.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MYSTERIOUS


Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
cereous
ˈsɪərɪəs
cereus
ˈsɪərɪəs
cinereous
sɪˈnɪərɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
deleterious
ˌdɛlɪˈtɪərɪəs
facinerious
ˌfæsɪnˈɪərɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
imperious
ɪmˈpɪərɪəs
jocoserious
ˌdʒəʊkəʊˈsɪərɪəs
mock-serious
ˌmɒkˈsɪərɪəs
nonserious
ˌnɒnˈsɪərɪəs
overserious
ˌəʊvəˈsɪərɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
Tereus
ˈtɪərɪəs
Tiberius
taɪˈbɪərɪəs
ultraserious
ˌʌltrəˈsɪərɪəs
unserious
ʌnˈsɪərɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs
venereous
vəˈnɪərɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MYSTERIOUS

mystagog
mystagogic
mystagogical
mystagogically
mystagogue
mystagogus
mystagogy
mysteries
mysteriously
mysteriousness
mystery
mystery bag
mystery play
mystery shopper
mystery story
mystery tour
mystic
mystical
mystically
mysticalness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MYSTERIOUS

bi-curious
carious
delicious
delirious
furious
glorious
gregarious
illustrious
industrious
inglorious
injurious
laborious
lugubrious
meritorious
nefarious
notorious
precarious
spurious
vainglorious
vicarious
victorious

Synonyms and antonyms of mysterious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MYSTERIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mysterious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mysterious

Translation of «mysterious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MYSTERIOUS

Find out the translation of mysterious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mysterious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mysterious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

神秘的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

misterioso
570 millions of speakers

English

mysterious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रहस्यमय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غَامِضٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

таинственный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

misterioso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রহস্যময়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mystérieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

misteri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geheimnisvoll
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

謎めいた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신비한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misterius
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

huyền bí
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மர்மமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनाकलनीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gizemli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

misterioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tajemniczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

таємничий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

misterios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μυστηριώδης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geheimsinnige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mystisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mystisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mysterious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MYSTERIOUS»

The term «mysterious» is very widely used and occupies the 10.723 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MYSTERIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mysterious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mysterious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mysterious

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10 QUOTES WITH «MYSTERIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mysterious.
1
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.
2
Maria Bamford
The Internet makes everything much less mysterious.
3
Luis Barragan
A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.
4
Kate Bernheimer
When I first read Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl,' I saw for the first time that a girl could be a writer and that it had something to do with survival and with ethics and fighting against evil. I admired her, though her diary remained terrifying and mysterious to me. She was a character in a real fairy tale - fairy tales are brutal.
5
Lloyd Blankfein
Mysterious can be cool, if you're in Hollywood and everyone's happy. But it can be really bad if people perceive that the financial interests are adversarial, that there's money versus people. A lot of Goldman Sachs people went into government, so at a time when there's a distrust of institutions, some of that reflects on us.
6
Emily Blunt
The performances I enjoy are the ones that are hard to read or ambiguous or left-of-centre because it makes you look closer and that's what humans are like - quite mysterious creatures, hard to pinpoint.
7
Vincent Canby
Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience of living our own lives.
8
Bertie Carvel
Acting is a mysterious process.
9
Maurice Chevalier
An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.
10
Lee Child
Practically any Western has a homesteader in trouble, and a mysterious rider shows up off the range, solves the problem over two or three days, and then rides off into the sunset.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYSTERIOUS»

Discover the use of mysterious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mysterious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger: Being an Ancient Tale Found ...
This is the only authoritative text of this late novel. It reproduces the manuscript which Mark Twain wrote last, and the only one he finished or called the "The Mysterious Stranger.
‎1982
2
Mysterious Skin
At the age of eight Brian Lackey is found bleeding under the crawl space of his house, having endured something so traumatic that he cannot remember an entire five–hour period of time.
Scott Heim, 2009
3
The Mysterious Cheese Thief
When Stilton cheese begins disappearing during Geronimo's trip to England, he decides to track down the thief.
Geronimo Stilton, 2007
4
The Mysterious Kundalini
The physical basis of the Kundalini (Hatha) Yoga.
Vasant G. Rele, 1985
5
The World's Most Mysterious People
This is a collection of remarkable and mysterious people, from all ages and places, including our own.
Lionel Fanthorpe, P. A. Fanthorpe, Patricia Fanthorpe, 1998
6
The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings
(New revised edition) Considered the classic and comprehensive work in reckoning the accession of kings, calendars, and coregencies based upon the Old Testament text and other extra-biblical sources.
Edwin R. Thiele, 1970
7
Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology
Offers a comprehensive guide to identifying animals yet to be officially recognized in science, and discusses where these animals live and why they remain a mystery.
George M. Eberhart, 2002
8
The World's Most Mysterious Objects
With this intriguing book, find out what secrets the world could be hiding.
Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe, 2002
9
The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of ...
Examines emotions and psychological disorders from a biological perspective, analyzing what emotions are, how they operate in the brain, and how they influence everyday lives
Joseph Ledoux, 1998
10
The Mysterious Sphinx
Why it is an object of awe and reverence. a startling expose showing how a symbol for the ancient masters evolved into the God of Christianity. the Secret of the Cosmic Principles Which Constitute Man; the Lost Word; the Vital Principle of ...
Hilton Hotema, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYSTERIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mysterious is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mysterious shipwreck discovered in NS harbour
A mysterious 84-metre shipwreck has been discovered resting on the bottom of the harbour in Pictou, N.S.. Last month, the Canadian ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
2
Milwaukees Beast: The Mysterious Mountain Lion Terrifying Wisconsin
Is grainy video of a mysterious, prowling creature really the 'Milwaukee lion'? As the authorities go on the hunt, it's quickly become a ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
3
Mysterious Blue Hole draws visitors to eastern New Mexico
SANTA ROSA BLUE HOLE: 1085 Blue Hole Road, Santa Rosa, New Mexico; http://santarosabluehole.com/ or (575) 472-3763. Weeklong dive ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
4
Those mysterious spots on Ceres may have mysterious haze over …
Ceres -- the other dwarf planet humankind visited this year -- remains vexingly mysterious. NASA's Dawn orbiter first spotted the planet's ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Mysterious electric shocks in Cherokee Reservoir baffle …
In this Sunday, May 13, 2012 photograph, a fisherman walks along the bank of Tennessee Valley Authority's Cherokee Reservoir near ... «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul 15»
6
The Forgotten, Mysterious Death of Cuba's Top Dissident
By Elias GrollElias Groll is an assistant editor at Foreign Policy. A native of Stockholm, Sweden, he received his undergraduate degree from ... «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
7
Apple hires former Fiat Chrysler VP, possibly for a mysterious car …
Doug Betts, a former VP of quality for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), has been hired by Apple to join its mysterious car development program, ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
8
Tustin sees mysterious spike in mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus
Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District employee Leslie Levy, left, discusses the season's mosquito and West Nile Virus threat for ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
9
Mysterious Balls of Goo Are Rolling Onto American Beaches
Mysterious Balls of Goo Are Rolling Onto American Beaches. These thumbnail-size animals may look like jellyfish stripped of their tentacles, ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
10
Police find mysterious chemicals in Winterport home
Due to the nature of items found during the search of the home additional resources with specialized training have been requested to assist. «WCSH-TV, Jul 15»

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