mystify

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Verb

mystify (mystifies, present participle mystifying; past and past participle mystified)

1. (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

   Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years.

Related terms

• mysterious
• mystery
• mystic
• mystical
• mysticism
• mystique

Translations

• German: verblüffen, irritieren
• Russian: мистифици́ровать

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