Mystify \Mys"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mystified; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mystifying.] [F. mystifier, fr. Gr. ? + L. -ficare
(in comp.) to make. See 1st Mystery, and -fy.]
1. To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to
understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.
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2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the
credulity of; to baffle; as, to mystify an opponent.
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He took undue advantage of his credulity and
mystified him exceedingly. --Ld.
Campbell.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mystify
v 1: 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" [syn: perplex, vex, stick,
get, puzzle, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
2: make mysterious; "mystify the story" [ant: demystify]
[also: mystified]
WordNet (r) 2.0
mystified
See mystify
WordNet (r) 2.0
mystified
adj : totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense
has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal
[syn: metagrobolized, metagrobolised, metagrabolized,
metagrabolised]
WordNet (r) 2.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "mystified":
addled, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill,
at an impasse, baffled, bamboozled, beat, bewildered, buffaloed,
confounded, dazed, floored, fuddled, in a dilemma, in suspense,
licked, muddled, nonplussed, on tenterhooks, perplexed, puzzled,
stuck, stumped, thrown
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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