Found 3 hits - Term: mystify, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mystify \mys"tify\, 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.
1913 webster
2. to perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the
credulity of; to baffle; as, to mystify an opponent.
1913 webster
he took undue advantage of his credulity and
mystified him exceedingly. --ld.
campbell.
1913 webster
see also:
mystified mystifying mystery -fy
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
perplex vex stick get puzzle baffle
beat pose bewilder flummox stupefy
nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound demystify
mystified
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
72 moby thesaurus words for "mystify":
addle, amaze, around the bush, baffle, bamboozle, beat, beat about,
beg the question, bewilder, bicker, boggle, buffalo, cavil,
choplogic, complicate, confound, confuse, corrupt, daze, dodge,
equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, floor, flummox, fool,
fuddle, garble, get, hedge, hoax, humbug, jumble, keep in suspense,
lick, make unintelligible, maze, misadvise, misdirect, miseducate,
misguide, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, misteach, mix up,
muddle, nitpick, nonplus, obfuscate, obscure, palter, parry,
perplex, pervert, pick nits, prevaricate, pussyfoot, puzzle,
quibble, scramble, shadow, shift, shuffle, shy, sidestep,
split hairs, stick, stump, tergiversate, throw
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