orphic

Definition of orphicnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orphic
Adjective
  • That discipline is also why Elevate’s product development sounds less mystical than much of the wellness industry.
    Lela London, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • As the story unfolds, the album’s central character, the Wizard, becomes alarmed that mystical creatures are dying out.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • The mystic chords that bind us together matter more than any policy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Operating within those parameters, the mystic outlands trend extends to some of the world’s most mesmerizing corners.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Beulah's spurned heir Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba) calls up the mysterious Mariana (Raoul Max Trujillo) to help with his many problems, which include his ranch-usurping half-brother Rob-Will and those Duttons from Montana.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Nicolas Winding Refn’s audacious return to feature filmmaking is a gorgeous, mysterious act of cinema, sensorial and transgressive, that demands to be experienced on its own terms.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • Naughton joins a cast led by Reeve Carney as the enigmatic Jay Gatsby, Eva Noblezada as Daisy Buchanan and Corbin Bleu as Nick Carraway.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Excavations at Rising Star have sparked debate about whether these little hominins had all ended up in the caves by tragic accident, or whether they’d been carefully placed there by other members of their enigmatic species, dubbed Homo naledi.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • The 6-foot-11 Condon rebounds relentlessly, protects the rim, delivers uncanny passes and makes winning plays, none bigger than his hustle to secure Florida’s comeback victory against Houston in the 2025 national championship game.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • Like Buster Keaton before him, Knoxville has an uncanny awareness of how his death-defying escapades appear on camera.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • Bodily experiences that made sense in 1776 are often inscrutable to people today.
    Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Investors hung on his sometimes inscrutable observations.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • Autism is a complex developmental condition now known as autism spectrum disorder that affects people in different ways.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • But now, at an outcrop on the edge of an ancient river channel named Neretva Vallis, Perseverance detected complex macromolecular carbon sitting right on the rock’s surface.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 4 July 2026
Adjective
  • There have been times when acts of atrocity have been going on — and gosh, some of those things are incomprehensible — yet humanity has found a way.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026
  • Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
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“Orphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orphic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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