Synonyms for mystify
ˈmɪs təˌfaɪmys·ti·fy

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1. mystify

   Synonyms:
   confuse, bamboozle, hoodwink, puzzle, confound, mislead, obfuscate

   Antonyms:
   illumine, enlighten, inform, guide

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1. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfoundverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   drum, lay, take, cause, receive, get at, outfox, wash up, foil, start, besot, father, experience, pound, rile, stun, have, become, sustain, stay, put, scram, regulate, drive, start out, amaze, stimulate, sire, model, devil, cohere, sting, engender, get to, cleave, go, fix, scotch, pay back, annoy, stick, suffer, beat up, beat, set about, trounce, get down, thrum, incur, posture, stick by, draw, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, exhaust, overreach, stick around, set out, agitate, flap, rag, crush, arrest, stick to, develop, outwit, throw, bring, bewilder, nettle, irritate, mother, set, personate, stir up, lodge, quiver, buzz off, catch, present, scramble, wedge, shake up, make, beget, puzzle, flummox, stand by, thump, cross, get, generate, bind, complicate, nark, find, outsmart, deposit, cling, obtain, vex, worry, pose, adhere, capture, position, aim, induce, ticktack, spoil, perplex, work over, tucker out, raise up, bother, bunk, gravel, begin, disturb, impersonate, fetch, discombobulate, circumvent, let, get under one's skin, frustrate, sit, astound, arrive, tick, produce, pulsate, convey, thwart, bond, acquire, come, bemuse, tucker, commove, pay off, bilk, astonish, ticktock, bugger off, beat out, hold fast, chafe, vanquish, shell, stay put, place, nonplus, commence, baffle

   Antonyms:
   demystify

2. mystifyverb

   make mysterious

   "mystify the story"

   Synonyms:
   bewilder, get, perplex, puzzle, dumbfound, gravel, baffle, stick, vex, stupefy, pose, amaze, beat, flummox, nonplus

   Antonyms:
   demystify

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1. mystifyverb

   Synonyms:
   perplex, puzzle, bewilder, embarrass, pose

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1. mystifyverb

   Synonyms:
   bewilder, perplex, obfuscate, befog, nonplus

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How to use mystify in a sentence?

1. Bernard montgomery:

   In my profession, you have to mystify the enemy.

2. Bob Dylan:

   When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it - don't back down and don't give up - then you're going to mystify a lot of folks.

3. Douglas Adams, Salmon of Doubt, 2002:

   I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.