Definitions of mystify [ˈmɪs təˌfaɪ]

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Definition of 'mystify'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) mystify
to perplex or bewilder.

2. mystify
to make mysterious or difficult to understand.

Etymology: (1805–15; < F mystifier=myst(ique)mystic or myst(ère)mystery¹+-ifier -ify)

Definition of 'mystify'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
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"

2. (verb) mystify
make mysterious
"mystify the story"

Definition of 'mystify'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) mystify
to cause sb to be completely unable to understand
His behavior mystified his parents.; mystifying magic tricks

Definition of 'mystify'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) mystify
to involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture

2. (verb) mystify
to perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of ; as, to mystify an opponent

Translation of 'mystify'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to be impossible (for someone) to explain or understand I was mystified by his behaviour.
Afrikaans: verstom, uit die veld ges	Arabic: يُرْبِك، يَجْعَل الأمر لُ	Bulgarian: озадачавам се
Brazilian: surpreender-se	Czech: zmást, uvést do nejistoty	German: verwirren
Danish: mystificere	Greek: ακατανόητος, ανεξήγητος	Spanish: dejar perplejo, desconcer
Estonian: hämmastusse viima	Farsi: رمزى کردن	Finnish: hämmentää
French: rendre perplexe	Hebrew: לְהַכּוֹת בְּתַדהֵמָה	Hindi: पेचीदा करना
Croatian: mistificirati	Hungarian: megzavar; zavarban van	Indonesian: membingungkan
Icelandic: hjúpa leyndardómi/dulúð	Italian: disorientare	Japanese: まどわせる
Korean: 불가해하게 만들다	Lithuanian: (su)gluminti	Latvian: mulsināt
Malay: membingungkan	Dutch: verbijsteren	Norwegian: ikke kunne forstå/forklar
Polish: zaintrygować, zastanawiać	Persian: رمزى کردن	Pashto: زمری کول
Portuguese: surpreender-se	Romanian: a lăsa/a rămâne perplex	Russian: озадачивать
Slovak: zmiasť	Slovenian: zmesti, osupniti	Serbian: mistifikovati
Swedish: mystifiera, förbrylla	Thai: ทำให้งง	Turkish: hayrete düşürmek
Taiwanese: 迷惑	Ukrainian: містифікувати; оточувати	Urdu: پر اسرار بنانا، پیچیدہ کر
Vietnamese: làm bối rối	Chinese: 迷惑
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