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as in cryptic
being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain
the huge stone statues on Easter Island are ancient, mysterious, and haunting
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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
the stranger's mysterious prediction
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Crystal plays Eli, on the verge of retirement, who discovers a mysterious, silent 8-year-old boy with bloody fingers scratching what looks like a message into his front door.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Before is a thriller about a widowed child psychiatrist, Eli, who encounters a mysterious boy named Noah (Jacobi Jupe) with some very strange issues—and an unsettling connection to Eli’s past.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Traveling together through middle America, the constantly-bickering duo induct a military wannabe, a mentally unstable mom, and a mysterious foreign hitchhiker into their cult.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
The When Harry Met Sally alum stars in this haunting new Apple TV+ series alongside Judith Light and Rosie Perez (two more of the greats), playing a child psychologist who forms a mysterious bond with a troubled young boy brought to him for treatment.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Before is a thriller about a widowed child psychiatrist, Eli, who encounters a mysterious boy named Noah (Jacobi Jupe) with some very strange issues—and an unsettling connection to Eli’s past.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Traveling together through middle America, the constantly-bickering duo induct a military wannabe, a mentally unstable mom, and a mysterious foreign hitchhiker into their cult.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
The When Harry Met Sally alum stars in this haunting new Apple TV+ series alongside Judith Light and Rosie Perez (two more of the greats), playing a child psychologist who forms a mysterious bond with a troubled young boy brought to him for treatment.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Mysterious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mysterious. Accessed 3 Nov. 2024.
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