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| arcane |
of a secret or esoteric nature; mysterious; abstruse. |
| cryptic |
difficult to understand; ambiguous or mysterious in meaning. [1/3 definitions] |
| eerie |
mysterious and frightening; weird. |
| enigma |
something puzzling, contradictory, or mysterious; something for which a solution cannot be found. [1/2 definitions] |
| enigmatic |
of, concerning, or like an enigma; puzzling; mysterious. |
| grin like a Cheshire cat |
to smile in a mysterious or inscrutable manner. |
| inscrutable |
impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious. |
| magic |
an overpowering, exceptional, or mysterious quality or influence. [1/6 definitions] |
| magical |
mysterious and charming. [1/2 definitions] |
| misterioso |
in a mysterious manner (used as a musical direction). |
| occult |
beyond the realm of human knowledge and understanding; mysterious or inscrutable. [1/8 definitions] |
| oracular |
of, like, pertaining to, or having the nature of an oracle; prophetic; wise; mysterious. [1/3 definitions] |
| runic1 |
mysterious or magical. [1/2 definitions] |
| sphinx |
one that is mysterious or hard to understand; enigma. [1/4 definitions] |
| spooky |
eerie and mysterious; weirdly disturbing. |
| Svengali |
one who exerts a mysterious controlling influence on another person or persons, usu. for self-serving or malevolent purposes. |
| unmysterious |
combined form of mysterious. |
| unsearchable |
not able to be investigated; mysterious; inscrutable. |
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