mystify

mystify
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • Mystify — Cette page a été supprimée. Le journal des suppressions et des déplacements est affiché ci dessous pour référence. 9 octobre 2009 à 20:12 Chaoborus (discuter | contributions) a supprimé « Mystify » ‎ (Critères d'admissibilité non atteints :… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mystify — index confound, confuse (bewilder), delude, disorient, elude, equivocate, hoodwink, obfuscate …   Law dictionary

  • mystify — (v.) 1814, from Fr. mystifier (1772), a verb formed irregularly from mystique a mystic (see MYSTIC (Cf. mystic) (adj.)) + fier (see FY (Cf. fy)). Related: MYSTIFIED (Cf. Mystified); mystifying …   Etymology dictionary

  • mystify — bewilder, perplex, *puzzle, distract, nonplus, confound, dumbfound Analogous words: discomfit, faze, rattle, *embarrass: *discompose, disquiet, perturb, disturb, agitate, upset Antonyms: enlighten …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • mystify — [v] bewilder, confuse baffle, bamboozle*, beat*, befog*, buffalo*, confound, deceive, elude, escape, floor*, fog in*, hoodwink*, lick*, lie, perplex, puzzle, stump*, throw*, trick; concept 16 Ant. clear up, enlighten, explain, explicate …   New thesaurus

  • mystify — ► VERB (mystifies, mystified) 1) utterly bewilder. 2) make obscure or mysterious. DERIVATIVES mystification noun mystifying adjective. ORIGIN French mystifier, from mystique mystic or from mystère myst …   English terms dictionary

  • mystify — [mis′tə fī΄] vt. mystified, mystifying [Fr mystifier < mystère, mystery (< L mysterium) + fier, FY] 1. a) to puzzle or perplex b) to bewilder deliberately; play on the credulity of; hoax 2. to involve in mystery or obscurity; make obscure… …   English World dictionary

  • mystify — UK [ˈmɪstɪfaɪ] / US [ˈmɪstɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms mystify : present tense I/you/we/they mystify he/she/it mystifies present participle mystifying past tense mystified past participle mystified if someone or something mystifies you,… …   English dictionary

  • mystify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: French mistifier, from mystère mystery, from Latin mysterium Date: 1814 1. to perplex the mind of ; bewilder 2. to make mysterious or obscure < mystify an interpretation of a prophecy > • mystifier …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mystify — verb to thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder , Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years. See Also: mysterious, mystery, mystic, mystical, mysticism …   Wiktionary

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