'Mystify' definitions:
Definition of 'mystify'
(from WordNet)
verb
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, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
verb
Make mysterious; "mystify the story" [ant: demystify]
Definition of 'Mystify'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'mystify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- throw