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adj. inexplicable

verb. perplex

stun
throw

verb. fool; cheat

verb. confuse

verb. confuse

verb. bewilder someone

verb. confuse, shock

verb. disappoint, fill with consternation

verb. embarrass

vex

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Word Origin & History

mystify 1814, from Fr. mystifier (1772), a verb formed irregularly from mystique "a mystic," from L. mysticus (see mystic). Related: Mystified; mystifying.

Example Sentences for mystifying

As a result, the list of prohibited and permitted items is mystifying.

We read about a fascinating, and to many of us mystifying, world.

It will strike some as mystifying that a small, peripheral economy should suddenly threaten the world's biggest economic area.

In my home tests, the results were inconsistent and wholly mystifying.