mystified

3 definitions found

mystified - 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.
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     2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the
        credulity of; to baffle; as, to mystify an opponent.
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              He took undue advantage of his credulity and
              mystified him exceedingly.            --Ld.
                                                    Campbell.
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mystified - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mystified
      adj 1: totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical
             nonsense has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street
             Journal [syn: metagrobolized, metagrobolised,
             metagrabolized, metagrabolised, mystified]

mystified - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "mystified":
     addled, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill,
     at an impasse, baffled, bamboozled, beat, bewildered, buffaloed,
     confounded, dazed, floored, fuddled, in a dilemma, in suspense,
     licked, muddled, nonplussed, on tenterhooks, perplexed, puzzled,
     stuck, stumped, thrown