
mysterious | mysterious: adj. 1 puzzling, enigmatic, baffling, insoluble, unsolvable, bewildering, confounding, confusing, perplexing, mystifying, weird, bizarre, strange, uncanny, curious: A mysterious force makes the saucer rise off the ground and fly at incredible speeds. 2 cryptic, arcane, secret, inscrutable, covert, hidden, furtive, unclear, dark, concealed, occult, inexplicable, incomprehensible, mystic(al), unknown, unfathomable, mystical, recondite, abstruse: It is mysterious how the agency accomplishes its ends.
mystery | mystery: n. 1 puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle, question: How he escaped from the locked room is a mystery. 2 obscurity, secrecy, indefiniteness, vagueness, nebulousness, ambiguity, ambiguousness, inscrutability, inscrutableness: The identity of the beautiful lady in the green dress is shrouded in mystery. 3 detective story or novel, murder (story), Colloq whodunit: Joel, who once fancied himself an intellectual, now reads nothing but mysteries.
mystical | mystical: adj. 1 allegorical, symbolic(al), mystic, cabbalistic, arcane, unrevealed, secret, occult, supernatural, esoteric, other-worldly, preternatural, cryptic, concealed, hidden, clandestine, private, veiled, ineffable, mysterious: A mystical spirit dwells in the raven that sits on his shoulder. 2 See mysterious, 2, above.
mystify | mystify: v. fool, hoax, humbug, confuse, confound, mix up, bewilder, stump, puzzle, baffle, Colloq bamboozle, stump, flummox, Slang beat: We were totally mystified by the unfamiliar symbols on the wall.
mystique | mystique: n. mystery, magic, charisma, aura, inscrutability, supernaturalism, preternaturalism, strangeness: She has a certain mystique about her.
myth | myth: n. 1 legend, fable, allegory, parable, tradition, saga, epic, (folk) tale, story, mythos; history: The ancient myths have provided sources for much of modern literature. 2 fable, lie, (tall) tale, fib, prevarication, fiction, untruth, falsehood, fabrication, cock-and-bull story, Colloq whopper: He told her some myth about his being a multimillionaire and she believed it.
mythical | mythical: adj. 1 mythic, mythological, fabled, legendary, traditional, folkloric, storied, romantic, fairy-tale, story-book; allegorical, symbolic, parabolic(al): Campbell has demonstrated astounding similarities amongst the mythical tales of unrelated cultures. 2 mythic, fanciful, imaginary, fictitious, make-believe, made-up, chimerical, untrue: When she was about seven, my daughter had a mythical friend named Theodosia.
mythology | mythology: n. (body of ..) myths, folklore, tradition, lore, stories, mythos: After only one generation, an extraordinary mythology has been created about Marilyn Monroe.
