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| Main Entry: | mysterious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, concealed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arcane, baffling, cabalistic, covert, cryptic, curious, dark, difficult, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, magical, mystical, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, spiritual, strange, subjective, symbolic, transcendental, uncanny, unfathomable, unknown, unnatural, veiled, weird, alchemistic, astrological, enigmatical, mystifying, necromantic, sphinxlike, unknowable |
| Notes: | mysterious means of an obscure nature, while mystical means having a divine meaning that transcends human understanding |
| Antonyms: | apparent, known, obvious, plain, public, straightforward, tangible, unmysterious |
| Main Entry: | arcane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, secret |
| Synonyms: | cabalistic, esoteric, impenetrable, mysterious, mystic, occult, recondite, unaccountable, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | common, commonplace, known, normal, outward |
| Main Entry: | cryptic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret; obscure in meaning |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, apocryphal, arcane, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, evasive, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, murky, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, opaque, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, strange, tenebrous, unclear, unfathomable, vague, veiled, Delphian, Delphic, mystifying, uninformative |
| Antonyms: | clear, obvious, plain, straightforward, seen |
| Main Entry: | eerie |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spooky |
| Synonyms: | awesome, bizarre, creepy, fantastic, fearful, frightening, ghostly, mysterious, scary, spectral, strange, supernatural, superstitious, uncanny, unearthly, weird, crawly |
| Antonyms: | funny, normal, ordinary, silly |
| Main Entry: | hidden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unseen, secret |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, clandestine, cloaked, close, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, esoteric, hermetic, in the dark, indiscernible, invisible, latent, masked, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, private, recondite, secluded, shadowy, surreptitious, ulterior, undercover, underground, undisclosed, unknown, veiled, withheld, QT, buried, clouded, eclipsed, hermetical, imperceivable, out of view, screened, sequestered, shrouded, undetected, unexposed, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | bare, exhibited, exposed, open, out, showing, uncovered, seen |
| Main Entry: | incomprehensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not understandable |
| Synonyms: | Delphic, Greek, baffling, beats me, beyond comprehension, beyond one's grasp, clear as mud, cryptic, enigmatic, fathomless, impenetrable, incognizable, inconceivable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, opaque, over one's head, perplexing, puzzling, sibylline, unclear, unfathomable, ungraspable, unimaginable, unintelligible, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable |
| Main Entry: | inexplicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond comprehension, explanation |
| Synonyms: | baffling, enigmatic, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indescribable, inscrutable, insoluble, mysterious, obscure, odd, peculiar, puzzling, strange, unaccountable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unsolvable, inexplainable, mystifying, undefinable, unexplainable |
| Antonyms: | explainable, explicable, intelligible, comprehendible |
| Main Entry: | magic/magical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bewitching, charming |
| Synonyms: | bewitched, charismatic, clairvoyant, diabolic, eerie, enchanted, enchanting, entrancing, extraordinary, fascinating, fiendish, ghostly, haunted, imaginary, magnetic, marvelous, miraculous, mysterious, mystic, mythical, occult, otherworldly, spectral, spellbound, spooky, uncanny, unusual, weird, wonderful, conjuring, demoniac, ensorcelled, entranced, necromantic, parapsychological, runic, sorcerous, spellbinding, spiritualistic, telekinetic, thaumaturgic, tranced, witching, witchlike, wizardly |
| Antonyms: | normal, unmoving |
| Main Entry: | mystic/mystical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, esoteric |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, anagogic, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, hidden, imaginary, impenetrable, inscrutable, magic, magical, metaphysical, mysterious, occult, otherworldly, paranormal, preternatural, quixotic, spiritual, supernatural, transcendental, unaccountable, visionary, enigmatical, mysterial, necromantic, nonrational, numinous, sorcerous, telestic, thaumaturgic, unknowable, wizardly |
| Antonyms: | knowable, natural, palpable, undisguised |
| Main Entry: | oracular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prophetic |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, apocalyptic, arcane, auspicious, authoritative, cabalistic, clairvoyant, cryptic, dogmatic, foreboding, imperious, mysterious, mystical, obscure, occult, ominous, peremptory, portentous, positive, prescient, sage, secret, significant, vague, venerable, wise, Delphian, anticipating, auguring, discovering, divining, divulging, fatidic, forecasting, foretelling, interpretive, mantic, portending, predicting, presaging, proclaiming, prognosticating, prophesying, sibylline, soothsaying, vatic |
| Main Entry: | paranormal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supernatural |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, celestial, ghostly, metaphysical, mysterious, mystic, occult, phenomenal, preternatural, psychic, spectral, transcendental, unearthly, uncomprehensible |
| Main Entry: | perplexing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complicated, confusing, convoluted, impenetrable, intricate, involved, knotty, mysterious, puzzling, taxing, thorny, worrying, beyond one, disconcerting, mind-bending, mystifying, paradoxical |
| Main Entry: | preternatural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unusual, abnormal |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalous, atypical, deviant, extraordinary, ghostly, inexplicable, irregular, marvelous, miraculous, mysterious, odd, peculiar, strange, superhuman, superior, supernatural, unaccountable, unearthly, unnatural, untypical, deviative, supermundane, unrepresentative |
| Antonyms: | common, natural, normal, regular, usual |
| Main Entry: | questionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, uncertain |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, apocryphal, arguable, contingent, controversial, cryptic, debatable, disputable, dubious, enigmatic, equivocal, fishy*, hypothetical, iffy*, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, moot, mysterious, obscure, occult, oracular, problematic, provisional, shady, suspect, suspicious, undefined, unreliable, unsettled, vague, controvertible, dubitable, hard to believe, open to doubt, open to question, paradoxical, problematical, unconfirmed, under advisement, under examination, unproven |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, indisputable, sure, undoubted, unquestionable, proven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | romantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, idealistic |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, amorous, charming, chimerical, chivalrous, colorful, corny*, daring, dreamy, enchanting, erotic, exciting, exotic, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, fascinating, fond, glamorous, idyllic, impractical, loving, maudlin, mushy*, mysterious, nostalgic, passionate, picturesque, poetic, quixotic, sloppy*, starry-eyed, tender, unrealistic, utopian, visionary, whimsical, wild, bathetic, fairy-tale, lovey-dovey, soppy, syrupy, tear-jerking |
| Antonyms: | pragmatic, realistic, unromantic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spooky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frightening |
| Synonyms: | chilling, creepy, eerie, ghostly, mysterious, ominous, scary, supernatural, uncanny, unearthly, weird, spine-chilling |
| Antonyms: | natural, unfrightening |
| Main Entry: | uncanny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very strange, unusual |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, astounding, creepy, devilish, eerie, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, ghostly, ghoulish, incredible, inspired, magical, miraculous, mysterious, preternatural, prodigious, queer, remarkable, scary, secret, singular, spooky, superhuman, supernatural, unearthly, unheard-of, unnatural, weird, inexplainable, mystifying, supernormal, supranormal |
| Antonyms: | common, earthly, natural, usual |
| Main Entry: | unidentified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
| Synonyms: | anonymous, mysterious, nameless, unfamiliar, unknown, unnamed, not known, pseudonymous, unclassified, unmarked, unrecognized, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | known, public, identified |
| Main Entry: | weird |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | odd, bizarre |
| Synonyms: | awe-inspiring, awful, creepy*, curious, dreadful, eccentric, eerie*, far-out*, fearful, flaky*, funky*, ghastly, ghostly, grotesque, haunting, inscrutable, kinky*, magical, mysterious, occult, oddball*, ominous, outlandish, peculiar, preternatural, queer, secret, singular, spooky*, strange, supernal, supernatural, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, unnatural, freaky, horrific, kooky |
| Antonyms: | normal, regular, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gothic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | medieval |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, eerie, grotesque, mysterious |
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