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[syn: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mystifying
adj 1: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is
written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep
dark secret"; "the inscrutable 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,
mystifying]
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