Synonyms for mystify
ˈmɪs təˌfaɪ

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

   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. mystify(verb)

   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. mystify

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

   Antonyms:
   illumine, enlighten, inform, guide

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1. mystify(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   perplex, puzzle, bewilder, embarrass, pose

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1. mystify(v)

   Synonyms:
   bewilder, perplex, obfuscate, befog, nonplus

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How to use mystify in a sentence?

1. 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.

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. Bernard montgomery:

   In my profession, you have to mystify the enemy.

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