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say it: mi-STIR-ee-uhs
mysterious is an adjective meaning "of an obscure nature". It is pronounced /mɪˈstɪɹiəs/ — mi-STIR-ee-uhs. It carries 2 recorded senses.
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”
“rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mysterious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.