Mysterious vs. Mystical

Mysteriousadjective

Of unknown origin.

‘He received a mysterious phone call this morning.’;

Mysticaladjective

Relating to mystics or mysticism.

Mysteriousadjective

Having unknown qualities.

‘Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us.’;

Mysticaladjective

Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.

Mysteriousadjective

Difficult to understand.

‘Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious.’;

Mysticaladjective

Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.

Mysteriousadjective

Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.

‘Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.’;

Mysticaladjective

relating to or characteristic of mysticism;

‘mystical religion’;

Mysteriousadjective

Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; inexplicable; obscure; not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.

‘God at lastTo Satan, first in sin, his doom applied,Thought in mysterious terms.’;

Mysticaladjective

relating to or resembling mysticism;

‘mystical intuition’; ‘mystical theories about the securities market’;

Mysteriousadjective

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’; ‘rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands’;

Mysticaladjective

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’;

Mysteriousadjective

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’;

Mysticaladjective

relating to mystics or religious mysticism

‘the mystical theology of Richard Rolle’;

Mysticaladjective

having a spiritual symbolic or allegorical significance that transcends human understanding

‘the mystical body of Christ’;

Mysticaladjective

relating to ancient religious mysteries or other occult or esoteric rites

‘the mystical practices of the Pythagoreans’;

Mysticaladjective

of hidden or esoteric meaning

‘a geometric figure of mystical significance’;

Mysticaladjective

inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination

‘the mystical city of Kathmandu’;

Mysticaladjective

concerned with the soul or the spirit, rather than with material things

‘the beliefs of a more mystical age’;