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to mystify
01
to puzzle someone by being mysterious or difficult to understand
Transitive: to mystify sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
mystify
3rd person singular
mystifies
Present participle
mystifying
Past simple
mystified
Past participle
mystified
Examples
The magician 's tricks mystified the audience, leaving them wondering how he did it.
02
to make something unclear, puzzling, or hard to understand
Transitive: to mystify an idea or concept
Examples
The mysterious symbols mystify the understanding of the ancient script.
Lexical Tree
demystify
mystified
mystifier
mystify
myst
