The meaning of MYSTERIOUS is of, relating to, or constituting mystery. How to use mysterious in a sentence.
MYSTERIOUS definition: full of, characterized by, or involving mystery. See examples of mysterious used in a sentence.
This is reminiscent of the extraordinary relationship which amputees develop with their artificial replacements, revealing a whole inner mysterious world of feeling and imagination.
Someone or something that is mysterious is strange and is not known about or understood. He died in mysterious circumstances. A mysterious illness confined him to bed for over a month. The whole thing seems very mysterious. He began to feel sympathy for this slightly mysterious man.
That which is mysterious, by being unknown or puzzling, excites curiosity or awe: a mysterious disease. inscrutable applies to that which is impenetrable, so enigmatic that one cannot interpret it: an inscrutable smile.
Definition of mysterious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. difficult to understand or explain; strange. He died in mysterious circumstances. Fate works in mysterious ways. A mysterious illness is affecting all the animals. The whole thing was very mysterious.
Adjective mysterious (comparative more mysterious, superlative most mysterious) Of unknown origin. Synonym: untraceable He received a mysterious phone call this morning. Having unknown qualities.
Expressing, intimating, or implying a mystery: as, a mysterious look; his manner was very mysterious and important. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.