mystify
21mystify v — 1) I can t seem to find my way out of this fog, said Tom, looking mystified. 2) The first scientists who studied fog were mistified …
22mystify — verb (mystifies, mystifying mystified) utterly bewilder. ↘make obscure or mysterious. Derivatives mystification noun mystifier noun mystifying adjective mystifyingly adverb Origin …
23mystify — v. a. Perplex, puzzle, bewilder, embarrass, pose, befog, obfuscate …
24mystify — verb (T) to be impossible for some one to understand or explain; baffle 1: a case that mystified the police mystifying adjective mystification / mIstifi keIXDn/ noun (U) …
25mystify — verb Houdini mystified his audiences Syn: bewilder, puzzle, perplex, baffle, confuse, confound, bemuse, bedazzle, throw; informal flummox, stump, bamboozle, fox …
26mystify — v confuse, confound, bewilder, perplex, nonplus, baffle, puzzle, Inf. bamboozle, Inf. buffalo, Inf. stump; disconcert, stagger, stun, daze, astonish, astound, dumfound, boggle; fuddle, befuddle, muddle, bemuddle, fog, befog, mix up, fool, delude …
27mystify — mys·ti·fy …
28mystify — [ˈmɪstɪˌfaɪ] verb [T] if something mystifies you, you cannot understand or explain it mystifying adj …
29mystify — mys•ti•fy [[t]ˈmɪs təˌfaɪ[/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing 1) to perplex or bewilder 2) to make mysterious or difficult to understand • Etymology: 1805–15; < F mystifier=myst(ique) mystic or myst(ère) mystery I+ ifier ify mys ti•fi•ca′tion, n.… …
30mystify — /ˈmɪstəfaɪ / (say mistuhfuy) verb (t) (mystified, mystifying) 1. to impose upon (someone) by playing upon their credulity; bewilder purposely. 2. to involve (a subject, etc.) in mystery or obscurity. 3. to confuse or bewilder. {French mystifier,… …
