Found 2 items, similar to Mystifying.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mystifying
mystifying
adj : of an obscure nature;
“the new insurance policy is written
without cryptic or mysterious terms”;
“a deep dark
secret”;
“the inscrutible 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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mystifying
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.
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2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the
credulity of; to baffle; as, to mystify an opponent.
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He took undue advantage of his credulity and
mystified him exceedingly. --Ld.
Campbell.
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