Found 3 hits - Term: mystifying, 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
mystifying
adj : of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written
without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark
secret"; "the inscrutible workings of providence"; "in
its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins
of life"- rachel carson; "rituals totally mystifying to
visitors from other lands" syn: cryptic, cryptical,
deep, inscrutable, mysterious
see also:
cryptic cryptical deep inscrutable mysterious
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 moby thesaurus words for "mystifying":
baffling, bewildering, bothering, confounding, confusing, dark,
discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, distracting, disturbing,
embarrassing, enigmatic, intricate, mysterious, perplexing,
perturbing, problematic, puzzling, upsetting
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