shrouded+in+mystery

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• shrouded in mystery — index esoteric, inexplicable, problematic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• shrouded in mystery — vague, unclear, unknown …   English contemporary dictionary

• be shrouded in mystery — be shrouded in secrecy/mystery/ phrase to be very secret or mysterious They were a shadowy secret society, whose activities were shrouded in mystery. Thesaurus: secret, secretive and in secretsynonym Main entry: shroud …   Useful english dictionary

• mystery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great ▪ How the disease started is one of medicine s great mysteries. ▪ little, minor, small ▪ one of life s little mysteries …   Collocations dictionary

• mystery — I UK [ˈmɪst(ə)rɪ] / US noun Word forms mystery : singular mystery plural mysteries ** 1) [countable] something that you are not able to understand, explain, or get information about I just can t think who she could have been – it s a mystery. The …   English dictionary

• mystery — mys|ter|y1 [ mıst(ə)ri ] noun ** ▸ 1 something you cannot explain ▸ 2 being hard to explain ▸ 3 type of story/movie etc. ▸ 4 secrets about subject ▸ 5 in religion 1. ) count something that you are not able to understand, explain, or get… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• shrouded — adj. shrouded in (shrouded in mystery) * * * shrouded in (shrouded in mystery) …   Combinatory dictionary

• mystery — [[t]mɪ̱stəri[/t]] ♦♦♦ mysteries 1) N COUNT A mystery is something that is not understood or known about. The source of the gunshots still remains a mystery. ...the mysteries of mental breakdown. 2) N UNCOUNT If you talk about the mystery of… …   English dictionary

• mystery*/ — [ˈmɪst(ə)ri] noun I 1) [C] something that you cannot understand, explain, or get information about The exact origin of the universe remains a mystery.[/ex] Why she left is still a mystery to him.[/ex] 2) [U] a quality that makes someone or… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• mystery — noun 1) his death remains a mystery Syn: puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle, secret, problem, unsolved problem See note at riddle 2) her past is shrouded in mystery Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• mystery — noun 1) his death remains a mystery Syn: puzzle, enigma, conundrum, riddle, secret, paradox 2) her past is shrouded in mystery Syn: secrecy, obscurity, uncertainty, mystique …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary