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1 mysterious
1 ( puzzling) mystérieux/-ieuse ;2 ( enigmatic) [person, smile, place] mystérieux/-ieuse ; to give sb a mysterious look regarder qn d'un air mystérieux ; don't be so mysterious! ne fais pas tant de mystères! ; to be mysterious about faire grand mystère de [person, activity, object].God moves in mysterious ways les voies du Seigneur sont impénétrables. -
2 mysterious
mysterious [mɪsˈtɪərɪəs]• why are you being so mysterious? pourquoi tous ces mystères ?* * *[mɪ'stɪərɪəs]adjective mystérieux/-ieuse -
3 mysterious
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4 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) mystérieux -
5 mysterious disappearance
disparition inexplicable (2e)English-French insurance dictionari > mysterious disappearance
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6 cryptic
cryptic [ˈkrɪptɪk]( = mysterious) sibyllin ; ( = terse) laconique* * *['krɪptɪk]adjective ( mysterious) énigmatique -
7 shadowy
shadowy [ˈ∫ædəʊɪ]a. ( = indistinct) vagueb. ( = mysterious) mystérieux* * *['ʃædəʊɪ]1) ( dark) sombre2) ( indistinct) [image, outline] flou; [form] indistinct3) ( mysterious) mystérieux/-ieuse -
8 gnome
∎ the gnomes of Zurich les grands banquiers m pl suissesWho could have suspected that Gordon Brown would realise the aspiration of all his Labour predecessors: to finance a centre-left programme largely out of economic growth? Who could have thought that he would do so after three years without the slightest hint of a financial or economic crisis, without any bother from the gnomes of Zurich or bankers' ramps, or other mysterious forces of international capitalism that were always thought certain to undermine a Labour government?
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9 enigmatic
[eniɡ'mætik]adjective (puzzling; mysterious: an enigmatic smile.) énigmatique -
10 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.) silhouette2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) figure3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) chiffre4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) figure2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) figurer2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) penser•- figuratively - figurehead - figure of speech - figure out -
11 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.) mystère2) (the quality of being impossible to explain, understand etc: Her death was surrounded by mystery.) mystère•- mysteriously -
12 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'.) devinetteII ['ridl] verb(to make (something) full of holes: They riddled the car with bullets.) cribler -
13 uncanny
(strange or mysterious: She looks so like her sister that it's quite uncanny.) mystérieux -
14 unearthly
1) (supernatural, mysterious or frightening: an unearthly sight.) surnaturel2) (outrageous or unreasonable: He telephoned at the unearthly (= very early) hour of 6.30 a.m.) indu -
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16 Delphic
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17 numinous
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18 oracular
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19 shadowy
1 ( dark) [path, corridor, woods] sombre ;3 ( mysterious) [group, world] mystérieux/-ieuse ; he has always been a shadowy figure il a toujours été un peu énigmatique. -
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mysterious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify. 2) deliberately enigmatic. DERIVATIVES mysteriously adverb mysteriousness noun … English terms dictionary
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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