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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
[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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the
credulity of; as, to mystify an opponent.
He took undue advantage of his credulity and
mystified him exceedingly. --Ld.
Campbell.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
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]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mystifying
a.
Very hard to understand; baffling.
vb.
(present participle of en mystify nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
mystifying
a.
Very hard to understand; baffling.
vb.
(present participle of en mystify nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
mystifying
a.
Very hard to understand; baffling.
vb.
(present participle of en mystify nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
mystifying
a.
Very hard to understand; baffling.
vb.
(present participle of en mystify nocat=1)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mystifying
Engelska a.
(avledning en mystify ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb mystify)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Mystifying /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪɪŋ/ الحيرةFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
mystifying /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]matení
mystifying /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪɪŋ/
vor ein Rätsel stellend, ratlos machend
Synonyms: stumping, baffling, puzzling
see: stump sb., baffle sb., mystify sb., puzzle sb., stumped, baffled, mystified, puzzled
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
mystifying /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪɪŋ/
verblüffend
"The magician has been mystifying his audiences for years with his amazing tricks." - Der Magier verblüfft sein Publikum seit Jahren mit seinen erstaunlichen Tricks.
Synonyms: puzzling, foxing
see: mystify sb., puzzle sb., fox sb., mystified, puzzled, foxed
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈmɪstəˌfaɪɪŋ/
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