Dictionary Definition
mystify
Verb
1 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" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
2 make mysterious; "mystify the story" [ant:
demystify] [also:
mystified]mystified
See mystifymystified adj
: totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense has
my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal [syn: metagrobolized, metagrobolised, metagrabolized, metagrabolised]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
mystified- past of mystify
Adjective
mystified- puzzled or confused
- state of enchantment as concerns person or event
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
addled,
at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill, at an
impasse, baffled,
bamboozled, beat, bewildered, buffaloed, confounded, dazed, floored, fuddled, in a dilemma, in
suspense, licked,
muddled, nonplussed, on tenterhooks,
perplexed, puzzled, stuck, stumped, thrown