mysteriousness

noun

1
as in ambiguity
the quality or state of being impossible to know, understand, or explain the mysteriousness of the nocturnal noises evaporated with the arrival of daybreak

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2
as in ambiguousness
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning the unexpected mysteriousness of the phone message had them a little concerned

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Recent Examples of mysteriousness That intrigue and mysteriousness still rest in the canyon walls today. — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mysteriousness
  1. ambiguity
  2. mystery
  3. impenetrability
  4. inscrutability
  5. obscurity
  6. darkness
Noun
  • That ambiguity is echoed in Banks’ score, which takes on the tone of a lament and a celebration, frustration and hope, struggle and liberation, the quest for transcendence in the face of the challenges posed by daunting inequities.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Internet sleuths, predictably, have seized on this ambiguity as proof of malfeasance.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of ambiguity
Noun
  • The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch on an incredible adventure to help scientists explore the great mysteries of the universe.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Why the Central African Republic agreed to accept migrants from the US is still something of a mystery.
    — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of mystery
Noun
  • What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of impenetrability
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  • In the same way that audiences are trying to unpack the central scheme — or interlocking set of schemes — at the center of Paula’s newfound predicament, so was the Emmy-winning Maslany drawn to the inscrutability of her character.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 24 May 2026
  • What these critics don’t reckon with enough is that inscrutability is also a feature of the world.
    — Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of inscrutability
Noun
  • From obscurity to the top of the football world, all in the matter of a few days.
    — Sam McDowell August 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Her hypnotic, unconventional works propelled her from near-obscurity to a place in the world’s most prominent museums.
    — Juno Carmel, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of obscurity
Noun
  • Superstitious Romans imagined demons lurking in the darkness under the toilet seats.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Overnight from Thursday to Friday, the moon will pass into the shadow of the Earth sending part of the world into total darkness.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
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“Mysteriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mysteriousness. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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