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mysterious
Overview of adj mysterious
The adj mysterious has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (14) cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying -- (of an obscure nature; "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")
2. (4) mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic -- (having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients")
Antonyms of adj mysterious
2 senses of mysterious
Sense 1
cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
INDIRECT (VIA inexplicable) -> explicable
Sense 2
mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic
INDIRECT (VIA esoteric) -> exoteric
Similarity of adj mysterious
2 senses of mysterious
Sense 1
cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
=> inexplicable (vs. explicable), incomprehensible
Sense 2
mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic
=> esoteric (vs. exoteric)
Pertainyms of adj mysterious
Attributes of adj mysterious
Domain of adj mysterious
Domain Terms of adj mysterious
Familiarity of adj mysterious
mysterious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj mysterious
mysterious
Grep of adv mysterious
mysteriously
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