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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 ]
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]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mystify Αγγλικά vb. προβληματίζω, προκαλώ αμηχανίαFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mystify vb. (lb en transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
mystify vb. (lb en transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
mystify vb. (lb en transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
mystify vb. (lb en transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mystify Englanti vb. 1 hämätä, hämmentää 2 (rak en pass mystified) olla ymmälläänFrom English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/ bedot, beethê, beetneemFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/ حيّرFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
mystify //ˈmɪstɪfaɪ//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]озадачавам, смущавам to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder
mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/ oklamatFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/ mystifikovatFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]zmást
mystify /mistifai/ mystifierFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. पेचीदा~करना "Mystify the story"
mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/ u zabludi, varati, zaluđivatiFrom English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]
mystify /mistifai/ bedotten, beduvelen, beetnemen, om de tuin leidenFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
mystify /ˈmɪstɪfaɪ/From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]wprowadzać w błąd, zaskakiwać
mystify /mistifai/ burlar, ludibriar, mistificarFrom English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
mystify /mistifai/ engañarFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
mystify //ˈmɪstɪfaɪ//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]förbrylla, mystifiera to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder
mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/ 1. şaşırtmak, hayrete düşürmek 2. anlaşılmasını güçleştirmek, esrarlı gibi göstermek.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈmɪstəˌfaɪ/
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, throwFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 神秘化,使难解,迷惑;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
Mystify n. 变幻线 vt. 使神秘化,使难解,迷惑