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mystifying

 
Adjective mystifying has 1 sense
  1. cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying - of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
    Antonym: explicable (indirect, via inexplicable)
Verb mystify has 2 senses
  1. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
    --1 is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
    Derived forms: noun mystification2, noun mystification3, noun mystifier1, noun mystery1
    Sample sentences:
    The bad news will mystify him
    The good news will mystify her
    The performance is likely to mystify Sue
  2. mystify - make mysterious; "mystify the story"
    --2 is one way to
    obscure, bedim, overcloud
    Antonyms: demystify
    Derived forms: noun mystification1, noun mystification2, noun mystification3, noun mystery1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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