mysteriousness
Americannoun
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the quality of being full of mystery or suggesting a mystery.
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the quality of being beyond understanding or difficult to figure out.
Example Sentences
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Some people criticized Ozzy for showing this side of himself because as a rock star, there was a certain kind of persona or mysteriousness people thought he should hold on to.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025
Maybe it's something about the innate mysteriousness and independence of cats, which often behave more like demanding roommates than pets.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2022
It has been a favorite of hers since high school because of its mysteriousness — it asks big questions without offering an answer.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022
And, with that, “Last Seen,” like so many podcasts of its kind, having dug and come up without answers, is left to poetically invoke life’s mysteriousness and the existence of hope.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 21, 2018
Up the street there sounded the crashing of huge sheets of glass and through the blue mysteriousness of the dark the walks shimmered like shattered mirrors.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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