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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) mystisk; gådefuld* * *[-'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) mystisk; gådefuld -
2 mysterious
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3 enigmatic
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4 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.) skikkelse2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) figur3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) ciffer, tal4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) figur; diagram2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) figurere; optræde2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) forestille; gætte på•- figuratively
- figurehead
- figure of speech
- figure out* * *['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.) skikkelse2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) figur3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) ciffer, tal4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) figur; diagram2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) figurere; optræde2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) forestille; gætte på•- figuratively
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5 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.) mysterium; gåde2) (the quality of being impossible to explain, understand etc: Her death was surrounded by mystery.) mystik•- mysteriously* * *['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.) mysterium; gåde2) (the quality of being impossible to explain, understand etc: Her death was surrounded by mystery.) mystik•- mysteriously -
6 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'.) gådeII ['ridl] verb(to make (something) full of holes: They riddled the car with bullets.) gennemhulle* * *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'.) gådeII ['ridl] verb(to make (something) full of holes: They riddled the car with bullets.) gennemhulle -
7 uncanny
(strange or mysterious: She looks so like her sister that it's quite uncanny.) forbløffende; uhyggelig* * *(strange or mysterious: She looks so like her sister that it's quite uncanny.) forbløffende; uhyggelig -
8 unearthly
1) (supernatural, mysterious or frightening: an unearthly sight.) overnaturlig2) (outrageous or unreasonable: He telephoned at the unearthly (= very early) hour of 6.30 a.m.) ukristelig* * *1) (supernatural, mysterious or frightening: an unearthly sight.) overnaturlig2) (outrageous or unreasonable: He telephoned at the unearthly (= very early) hour of 6.30 a.m.) ukristelig
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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 — adjective 1 mysterious events, behaviour, or situations are difficult to explain or understand: His father died of a mysterious disease. | a mysterious smile | in mysterious circumstances: Benson later disappeared in mysterious circumstances. 2 a … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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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
