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mystifymystify /ˈmɪstəˌfaɪ/ verb (, mystified, mystifying) [transitive] ETYMOLOGYmystifyOrigin: 1800-1900 French mystifier, from mystère; ➔ MYSTERY PLAY VERB TABLEmystify |
| Present | I, you, we, they | mystify | | he, she, it | mystifies | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mystified | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mystified | | he, she, it | has mystified | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mystified | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will mystify | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mystified |
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| Present | I | am mystifying | | he, she, it | is mystifying | | you, we, they | are mystifying | | Past | I, he, she, it | was mystifying | | you, we, they | were mystifying | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been mystifying | | he, she, it | has been mystifying | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been mystifying | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be mystifying | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been mystifying |
THESAURUSunclear and difficult to understand► confusingunclear and difficult to understand: a confusing message French wine labels can be very confusing. ► puzzling making you feel unsure about why something happened: Mark’s anger was puzzling – we thought he would be happy about the news. ► baffling making you feel very confused about something, even though you have tried hard to understand it: A baffling illness has been killing livestock. No one knows how it is spread. ► bewildering making you feel extremely confused and not sure what to do or think: There was a bewildering number of forms she needed to fill out. ► perplexing formal making you feel very confused and worried, especially because something seems strange: Scientists find this problem perplexing, because there is no obvious explanation. ► mystifying so confusing and strange, that you feel it is impossible to understand something: English is completely mystifying to my grandmother, so she only knows a few words after living here for 10 years. if something mystifies you, it is so strange or confusing that you cannot understand or explain it SYN baffle: Her disappearance has mystified her friends and neighbors.—mystifying adjective► see thesaurus at confusing—mystification /ˌmɪstəfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |