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mystifying

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unexplainable
adj. inexplicable
  • baffling
  • enigmatic
  • incomprehensible
  • indecipherable
  • indescribable
  • inexplainable
  • inscrutable
  • insoluble
  • mysterious
  • mystifying
  • obscure
  • odd
  • peculiar
  • puzzling
  • strange
  • unaccountable
  • undefinable
  • unfathomable
  • unintelligible
  • unsolvable

baffle
verb. perplex
  • addle
  • amaze
  • astound
  • befuddle
  • bewilder
  • buffalo
  • confound
  • confuse
  • daze
  • disconcert
  • dumbfound
  • elude
  • embarrass
  • faze
  • floor
  • get
  • mix up
  • muddle
  • mystify
  • nonplus
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • stick
  • stump
  • stun
  • throw

bamboozle
verb. fool; cheat
  • baffle
  • befuddle
  • bilk
  • con
  • confound
  • confuse
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • dupe
  • flimflam
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • mystify
  • perplex
  • puzzle
  • stump
  • swindle
  • trick

bewilder
verb. confuse
  • addle
  • baffle
  • ball up
  • befuddle
  • bemuse
  • confound
  • daze
  • disconcert
  • distract
  • floor
  • fluster
  • mess with one's head
  • mix up
  • muddle
  • mystify
  • perplex
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • snow
  • stump
  • stupefy
  • throw
  • upset

confound
verb. confuse
  • abash
  • amaze
  • astonish
  • astound
  • baffle
  • befog
  • bewilder
  • blend
  • bug
  • commingle
  • confute
  • discombobulate
  • discomfit
  • discountenance
  • dumbfound
  • embarrass
  • faze
  • fiddle
  • flabbergast
  • jumble
  • metagrobolize
  • misidentify
  • mix
  • mix up
  • mystify
  • nonplus
  • perplex
  • pose
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • screw up
  • startle
  • surprise
  • throw

confuse
verb. bewilder someone
  • abash
  • addle
  • amaze
  • astonish
  • baffle
  • becloud
  • bedevil
  • befuddle
  • bemuse
  • cloud
  • clutter
  • complicate
  • confound
  • darken
  • daze
  • demoralize
  • discomfit
  • discompose
  • disconcert
  • discountenance
  • disorient
  • distract
  • embarrass
  • faze
  • fluster
  • fog
  • frustrate
  • fuddle
  • involve
  • lead astray
  • mess up
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mortify
  • muddle
  • mystify
  • nonplus
  • obscure
  • perplex
  • perturb
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • render uncertain
  • shame
  • stir up
  • stump
  • throw off
  • throw off balance
  • trouble
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • worry

daze
verb. confuse, shock
  • addle
  • amaze
  • astonish
  • astound
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • benumb
  • bewilder
  • blind
  • blur
  • confound
  • dazzle
  • disorder
  • distract
  • dizzy
  • dumbfound
  • flabbergast
  • fuddle
  • mix up
  • muddle
  • mystify
  • numb
  • overpower
  • overwhelm
  • paralyze
  • perplex
  • petrify
  • puzzle
  • rock
  • stagger
  • startle
  • stun
  • stupefy
  • surprise

dismay
verb. disappoint, fill with consternation
  • abash
  • affright
  • agitate
  • alarm
  • appall
  • bewilder
  • bother
  • chill
  • confound
  • daunt
  • discomfit
  • discompose
  • disconcert
  • discourage
  • dishearten
  • disillusion
  • dispirit
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturb
  • dumbfound
  • embarrass
  • faze
  • flummox
  • fluster
  • foul up
  • frighten
  • get to
  • horrify
  • louse up
  • mess up
  • muck up
  • mystify
  • nonplus
  • paralyze
  • perplex
  • put off
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • scare
  • screw up
  • shake
  • snafu
  • take aback
  • terrify
  • terrorize
  • throw
  • throw into a tizzy
  • unhinge
  • unnerve
  • upset

faze
verb. embarrass
  • abash
  • annoy
  • appall
  • bother
  • confound
  • confuse
  • daunt
  • discomfit
  • disconcert
  • discountenance
  • dismay
  • dumbfound
  • horrify
  • irritate
  • muddle
  • mystify
  • nonplus
  • perplex
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • 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

Terry asked, adding more interest to the mystifying questions.

As mystifying a tale as even Mr. Fletcher himself has written.

The voice of the negro answered, choked and muffled in a mystifying way.

To tell the truth, she's more than half afraid of me, and I delight in mystifying her all I can.

To these are often affixed contrivances for producing hollow, mournful, buzzing sounds, mystifying whole neighborhoods.

Oh, no, don't tell me that; what good can there be in mystifying me?

There seemed to be something going on that night; the ten of hearts was acquiring a mystifying, not to say sinister, aspect.

Tod hated mystification, and the matter was mystifying him utterly.

This question one afternoon from Master Mahasaya was mystifying; the term was then used in India to signify motion pictures.

It is probably the most mystifying of any of the optical tricks.

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