'Mystifying' definitions:
Definition of 'mystifying'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands" [syn: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying]
Definition of 'Mystifying'
From: GCIDE
- 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 mystify a passage of Scripture. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of; to baffle; as, to mystify an opponent. [1913 Webster]
- He took undue advantage of his credulity and mystified him exceedingly. --Ld. Campbell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mystifying'
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