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mystify::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
| Type of | bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
| Has types | stump, mix up, riddle, elude, escape |
| Derivation | mystifier, mystery, mystification |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | obliterate, veil, hide, obscure, blot out |
| Derivation | mystery, mystification |
mystify the story.
Examples of mystify
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Despite its apparent simplicity, or perhaps because of it, Creed's art can mystify.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Hard to swallow, too, and not just because the truth seems to mystify Clemens so much.
From the sportingnews.com
In the Baptiste philosophy, Eggers and her fellow breathe instructors de-mystify yoga.
From the democratandchronicle.com
An ever-changing rotation continues to mystify even Virginia's players.
From the washingtonpost.com
As well as satisfying something my spirit craves, classical music continues to mystify me.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
That was precisely to mystify the still very topical role of a revolutionary proletariat.
From the en.wikipedia.org
To begin with, this is a question that would mystify nearly everyone.
From the businessweek.com
Sometimes their works evoke strong emotions or mystify readers with metaphysical philosophy.
From the stltoday.com
Hopefully blogs such as this one help de-mystify the psychology and mental health of youth.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
- Perplex: 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"
- Make mysterious; "mystify the story"
- (mystifying) cryptic: 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 ...
- (mystification) bewilderment: confusion resulting from failure to understand
- (mystification) something designed to mystify or bewilder
- (mystification) the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
- (mystified) metagrobolized: totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal
- Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, sleight of hand. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment. ...
- "Mystify" is the fifth and final single taken from INXS' 1987 album Kick, which also contained the worldwide mega hit "Need You Tonight".
