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1 mysterious
[-'stiəriəs]adjective (difficult to understand or explain, or full of mystery: mysterious happenings; He's being very mysterious (= refuses to explain fully) about what his work is) záhadný* * *• záhadný• tajomný• tajuplný• tajnostkársky -
2 enigmatic
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3 figure
['fiɡə, ]( American[) 'fiɡjər] 1. noun1) (the form or shape of a person: A mysterious figure came towards me; That girl has got a good figure.) postava2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) obrazec3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) cifra4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) obrázok2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) figurovať2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) myslieť•- figuratively
- figurehead
- figure of speech
- figure out* * *• usúdit• výplod• vzor• vyjadrit císelne• vyznacit císlicami• vyobrazit• vyskytovat sa• vyzdobit• vystupovat• výtvor• zamýšlat sa• zdat sa normálny• zobrazit• znacka• znázornit• znak• schéma• symbol• tabulka• suma• tvar• predstavovat si• príst k záveru• prehliadnut• figurovat• figúra• horoskop• cena• císlica• ciastka• diagram• cifra• robit figúru• pocítat• osobnost• pocty• považovat• podoba• postava• používat metafory• povinné cviky• nejaký clovek• odhadnút• obrázok• nieco podobné cloveku -
4 mystery
['mistəri]plural - mysteries; noun1) (something that cannot be, or has not been, explained: the mystery of how the universe was formed; the mystery of his disappearance; How she passed her exam is a mystery to me.) tajomstvo2) (the quality of being impossible to explain, understand etc: Her death was surrounded by mystery.) záhada•- mysteriously* * *• zamestnanie• záhada• tajomstvo• sviatost• tajnostkárstvo• umenie• remeslo• mystérium -
5 riddle
I ['ridl] noun(a puzzle usually in the form of a question, which describes an object, person etc in a mysterious or misleading way: Can you guess the answer to this riddle?; The answer to the riddle `What flies for ever, and never rests?' is `The wind'.) hádankaII ['ridl] verb(to make (something) full of holes: They riddled the car with bullets.) prestrieľať* * *• vycistit• vytriedit• znicit• sito• šaráda• triedit• prenikat• presievacka• presievat• prehadzovat• hádanka• hovorit v hádankách• cistit• rešeto• rébus• porazit na lopatky• postavit pred hádanku• lúštit hádanky -
6 uncanny
(strange or mysterious: She looks so like her sister that it's quite uncanny.) zvláštny* * *• záhadný• strašný• tajomný• príšerný• cudný• divný -
7 unearthly
1) (supernatural, mysterious or frightening: an unearthly sight.) nadprirodzený2) (outrageous or unreasonable: He telephoned at the unearthly (= very early) hour of 6.30 a.m.) neľudský* * *• záhadný• tajuplný• tajomný• strašný• fantastický• absurdný• rajský• nadpozemský• nadprirodzený• nadzemský• neskutocný• neludský• nemožný• nevhodný• nebeský• nezemský
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mysterious — mysterious, inscrutable, arcane mean beyond one s power to discover, understand, or explain. Something mysterious excites wonder, curiosity, or surmise yet baffles all attempts to explain it {extremes in Nature equal ends produce, in Man they… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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mysterious — [[t]mɪstɪ͟əriəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED 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… … English dictionary
