mystify

  • 11mystify — verb to thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder , Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years. See Also: mysterious, mystery, mystic, mystical, mysticism …

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  • 12Mystify (song) — Mystify Single by INXS from the album Kick Released 15 March 1989 …

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  • 13Mystify (disambiguation) — Mystify (to mystify) may refer to: making something of mysticism or else mystical a 1989 rock song Mystify (song) by INXS Mystification (album) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title …

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  • 14mystify — mystification, n. mystifiedly, adv. mystifier, n. mystifyingly, adv. /mis teuh fuy /, v.t., mystified, mystifying. 1. to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person s credulity; bewilder purposely. 2. to involve in mystery or obscurity. [1805… …

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  • 15mystify — Synonyms and related words: addle, amaze, around the bush, baffle, bamboozle, beat, beat about, beg the question, bewilder, bicker, boggle, buffalo, cavil, choplogic, complicate, confound, confuse, corrupt, daze, dodge, equivocate, evade, evade… …

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  • 16mystify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. puzzle, perplex, bewilder, obscure, confound, baffle. See concealment, deception. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. perplex, trick, hoodwink; see deceive , lie 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. bewilder …

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  • 17mystify — mys|ti|fy [ˈmıstıfaı] v past tense and past participle mystified present participle mystifying third person singular mystifies [T] [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: mystifier, from mystère; MYSTERY PLAY] if something mystifies you, it is so… …

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  • 18mystify — mys|ti|fy [ mıstı,faı ] verb transitive if someone or something mystifies you, you cannot understand or explain it: Investigators are mystified by the crash, which claimed 104 lives. ╾ mys|ti|fi|ca|tion [ ,mıstıfı keıʃn ] noun uncount ╾… …

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  • 19mystify — [[t]mɪ̱stɪfaɪ[/t]] mystifies, mystifying, mystified VERB If you are mystified by something, you find it impossible to explain or understand. [be V ed] The audience must have been totally mystified by the plot... [V n] There was something strange… …

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  • 20mystify — mys·ti·fy || mɪstɪfaɪ v. cause to be mysterious, make obscure; perplex, puzzle, cause a person to be unable to understand …

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