Meaning & use
mysterious
Difficult to understand, explain, or identify; strange and puzzling.
See it in a sentence
A mysterious light appeared over the hills every night that summer.
No one could explain the mysterious disappearance of the ship's entire crew.
A note on using this word
Mysterious suggests something intriguing and hard to explain, while 'confusing' more often implies a lack of clarity that isn't necessarily interesting.
Words with a similar meaning
puzzlingenigmatic
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Words with an opposite meaning
obviousclear
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