mysterious meaning and definition

MYSTERIOUS adjective

Definition of mysterious (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mystifying
2. 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"
   • synonyms: mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret