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mystifying
mys·ti·fy M0514100 (mĭs′tə-fī′)tr.v. mys·ti·fied, mys·ti·fy·ing, mys·ti·fies 1. To confuse or bewilder. See Synonyms at perplex.2. To make obscure or mysterious: "What had been for ages mundane would soon become mystified in the minds of most Americans" (Ann Vileisis).
[French mystifier : mystère, mystery (from Latin mystērium; see mystery1) + -fier, -fy.]
mys′ti·fi′er n.mys′ti·fy′ing·ly adv.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | mystifying - of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable 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"cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, deepincomprehensible, inexplicable - incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons" |
mystifyingadjectiveDifficult to explain or understand:arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, enigmatic, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, puzzling.Translationsmystifying
Related to mystifying: beguile, browbeaten, imposedSynonyms for mystifyingadj difficult to explain or understandSynonyms- arcane
- cabalistic
- cryptic
- enigmatic
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- occult
- puzzling
Synonyms for mystifyingadj of an obscure natureSynonyms- cryptic
- cryptical
- inscrutable
- mysterious
- deep
Related Words- incomprehensible
- inexplicable
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