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Mysterious vs Mystifying - What's the difference?

mysterious | mystifying | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between mysterious and mystifying

is that mysterious is of unknown origin while mystifying is unusual.

As a verb mystifying is

present participle of lang=en.

mysterious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of unknown origin.
  • He received a mysterious phone call this morning.
  • Having unknown qualities.
  • Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us.
  • Difficult to understand.
  • Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious .
  • Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
  • Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.

    Derived terms

    * mysteriously * mysteriousness

    mystifying

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • unusual
  • Verb

    (head)