Mystery Great Death Complete Extra Examples Remains Religious

• it is one of the great unsolved mysteries of this century.
• their motives remain a mystery.
• she tried to solve the mystery of the boy's sudden death.
• it's a complete mystery to me why they chose him.

mystery

1. something that is difficult to understand or to explain
• It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of this century.
• Their motives remain a mystery.
• She tried to solve the mystery of the boy's sudden death.
• It's a complete mystery to me why they chose him.

Extra Examples

• He had found the clue to unlock the whole mystery
• Her poetry attempts to penetrate the dark mystery of death.
• How the disease started is one of medicine's great mysteries.
• How these insects actually communicate presents something of a mystery.
• It remains a mystery as to where he was buried.
• It was easy to believe that the house held some great mystery.
• She pondered the mystery of the disappearing thief.
• The mystery deepened when the police's only suspect was found murdered.
• The police are close to solving the mystery of the missing murder weapon.
• The silence has deepened the mystery surrounding his work.
• The witness could shed no light on the mystery of the deceased's identity.
• There's a bit of a mystery about this child.
• one of life's little mysteries
• the central mystery of the story
2. a person or thing that is strange and interesting because you do not know much about them or it
• He's a bit of a mystery.
• There was a mystery guest on the programme.
• The mystery man's identity remains hidden.
• a mystery disease/illness/virus
• a mystery tour (= when you do not know where you are going)
• My sister is a complete mystery to me.

Extra Examples

• The band was financed by a mystery backer.
• Next on the programme, Dan Green takes us on a magical mystery tour of Cumbria's music scene.
• Their suspect was a mystery man: a quiet, happily married man with no enemies.
• She was a total mystery to him despite their long association.
3. the quality of being difficult to understand or to explain, especially when this makes somebody/something seem interesting and exciting
• Mystery surrounds her disappearance.
• His past is shrouded in mystery (= not much is known about it).
• The dark glasses give her an air of mystery.
• She’s a woman of mystery.

Extra Examples

• Mystery remains over who will star in the film.
• Modern weather forecasts try to take the mystery out of meteorology.
• The whole incident was shrouded in mystery.
• a place of deep mystery and enchantment
• Her blue eyes had a certain mystery.
• the mystery surrounding her resignation
4. a story, a film or a play in which crimes and strange events are only explained at the end
• He is the author of several murder mysteries.
• The film is based on Daphne DuMaurier's mystery novel, ‘Rebecca’.
5. secret religious ceremonies; secret knowledge
• the teacher who initiated me into the mysteries of mathematics
6. a religious belief that cannot be explained or proved in a scientific way
• the mystery of creation

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the sense ‘mystic presence, hidden religious symbolism’): from Old French mistere or Latin mysterium, from Greek mustērion; related to mystic.