Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or having a spiritual reality or import not apparent to the intelligence or senses.
- adj. Of, relating to, or stemming from direct communion with ultimate reality or God: a mystical religion.
- adj. Enigmatic; obscure: mystical theories about the securities market.
- adj. Of or relating to mystic rites or practices.
- adj. Unintelligible; cryptic.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Same as mystic.
Wiktionary
- adj. Relating to mystics or mysticism.
- adj. Having a spiritual significance that transcends human understanding.
- adj. Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to or characteristic of mysticism
- adj. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- adj. relating to or resembling mysticism
Etymologies
- From mystic + -al (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Prayer moves us from the level of personal consciousness to God-consciousness, union with God or what we call the mystical life.”
The Huffington Post: Janet Haag: What Is Prayer? A Conversation with Sister Joan Chittister
“Gbagbo's government says Ouattara's supporters are attacking security forces in Abobo, allegedly organized by former rebels into what local newspapers are calling "mystical commandos.”
Voice of America: Civilians Flee Fighting in Ivory Coast's Commercial Capital
“Why did you decide to have Shadow, rather than Wednesday, obtain mystical insight through mortification of the flesh?”
“As much as baseball fans and followers enjoy invoking the past and speaking in mystical language about the sport, as good as that syrupy metaphor sounds when Ken Burns sets it to black-and-white photography, most of it is hooey in the here and now.”
The Wall Street Journal: Spare Us the Talk About the Rangers
“Trained in mystical gravity-defying monkish martial arts, he is Team Celibate Vocation's ultimate weapon.”
““The Force” is better understood in mystical terms or spiritual, Taoist, terms than any scientific understanding.”
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“The year given in the opening scene of Temple of Doom makes it explicit that it precedes Raiders, and the hash that makes of Indy's view of the mystical is just another reason to forget the movie.”
“It isn't wholly out-of-the blue, for Miyazaki is wise enough to imbue the insects with certain mystical qualities beforehand.”
“This effect of flow or swimming, analogous to orgasm, is a common metaphor in mystical literature East and West for the bliss of the coincidentia.”
“Link this was an interesting article, i like the word mystical because in a way all religions are mystical”
Seven Iranians Charged With Spying for Israel - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mystical’.
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ghost
This is Ghost List 2 ( the kind that go 'boo!' ) :P
( open list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/macabrephantom, spectral, specter, spectre, spooky, poltergeist, haunt, spirit, banshee, cryptic, shadow, phantasm and 311 more...
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dream words
( randomness, open list, dreams, creativity )
words or phrases related to all things dreamy
related:
http://www.wor...phantasmagoria, illusion, imagination, slumber, sky, moon, cloud nine, lucid, fantasy, creativity, somnambulism, dreamer and 40 more...
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Words that make my mouth happy
epiphany, serendipity, beloved, treasure, cherish, precious, angelic, etherial, surreal, charm, mystical, wysteria and 1 more...
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delightful descriptors
petrichor, omphaloskepsis, ouroboros, oneiric, flaneur, saunter, dishabituation, fractalization, eudemony, phosphorescence, holographic, umwelt and 136 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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africasunsets's list
serendipity, fragrance, glamour, smitten, nourish, lavish, luxury, wicked, gem, daring, soothe, fantasy and 192 more...
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The Most Beautiful Words in the Engli...
mellifluous, obscure, star-crossed, undulating, solstice, messiah, audacious, solace, twilight, wanderlust, lovelorn, byzantine and 219 more...
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Apples to Apples: Green Cards
A complete list of the green cards (adjectives) from the popular word game.
absurd, addictive, adorable, aged, American, ancient, animated, annoying, appetizing, arrogant, awesome, awkward and 237 more...
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DreamieGrl's Words
integral, serendipidy, cordial, interesting, crucial, placate, superfluous, supercilious, scintillating, lush, tryst, mythical and 111 more...
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words i love
mahogany, serenity, quell, requiem, parhelion, echo, surfacing, ethereal, melodic, vivid, sirenic, sprightly and 122 more...
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Unusual and Random Words
My Favourite Kind
quagmire, soliloquy, aardvark, topaz, ardent, exquisite, pyromania, pyre, extravagant, obscure, quetzal, quibble and 199 more...
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Noesis
Mind or Mind Altering
example: psychotomimetic
( _mark, personal list, randomness )
related:
noetic, entheogen, psychonautics, infinite, bewilderment, mystification, stupefication, enhanced, altered, perception, simulation, network and 212 more... -
_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1707 more...
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Fantasies and Fairytales
unicorn, mermaid, achilles, mist, wizard, myth, thievery, mystical, quest, journey, castle, hovel and 37 more...
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Difficult to Understand
Words meaning difficult to understand
abstruse, subtile, subtle, covert, mystic, mystical, mysterious, diffuse, abstract, exquisite, obnubilous, obnubilate and 12 more...
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MEC3 Lesson 138
palm reader, mystical, stay away, toothless, one-armed, fatten, Rolex, Waikiki, bury, nuptials, Ponderosa, frown and 34 more...
Tweets
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