mysterious adj

1 of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands" [syn: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mystifying]

2 having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" [syn: mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic]

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪstiəɹiəs/
• SAMPA: /mIsti@ri@s/

Adjective

1. of unknown origin
2. has unknown qualities

Related terms

• mystery

Translations

• Afrikaans: misterieus
• Albanian: misterioz
• Arabic: غامض
• Armenian: խորհրդավոր, առեղծվածային, հանելուկային
• Basque: misteriotsu, misteriozko
• Bosnian: tajanstven
• Bulgarian: таинствен (tainstven)
• Chinese: 神秘的(shén mì de), 奥 (ào)
• Croatian: tajanstven
• Czech: tajemný, záhadný
• Dutch: geheimzinnig
• Esperanto: mistera
• Estonian: salapärane
• Faeroese: dularfullur
• Finnish: salaperäinen
• French: mystérieux
• German: mysteriös
• Greek: μυστήριος (mystērios)
• Hebrew: מִסְתּוֹרִי
• Hindi: rashasyapurna, guptartha
• Hungarian: titokzatos, rejtelmes, rejtélyes
• Indonesian: misterius
• Irish: rúndiamhair
• Italian: misterioso
• Japanese: 不思議な/ふしぎな (fushigina), 神秘的/しんぴ てき (shinpi teki)
• Korean: 신비한 (sin-bi-han)
• Latin: arcanus
• Latvian: mīklains
• Lithuanian: paslaptingas
• Mongolian: нууц далд
• Norwegian: mystisk
• Persian: ﻡﻬﺒﻤ
• Polish: tajemniczy
• Portuguese: misterioso
• Romanian: misterios
• Russian: таинственный (taínstvennyj)
• Serbian: тајанствен (tajanstven)
• Slovak: tajomná
• Slovenian: skrivnosten
• Spanish: misterioso
• Swahili: kidube
• Swedish: mystisk
• Tagalog: katakataka
• Thai: ลี้ลับ (lée láp)
• Turkish: gizemli
• Ukrainian: таємничий (tajemnýčyj)
• Vietnamese: thần bí
• Welsh: cyfriniol
• Yiddish: misteriez

"Mysterious" is Jentina's third and final single from her self-titled album Jentina, released only in Italy. Plans were made for a UK release, but eventually cancelled.

A music video was made for this single, with a futuristic theme. The video was mostly computerized with Jentina singing in many different locations, and appearing in many different magazines.

Tracklist

1. Mysterious
2. Mysterious [The Vanden Plas Remix]
3. Mysterious [James Ford Remix]
4. Mysterious [Return to The Stone Age Mix]

Chart performance

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