Antonyms for mystify
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : mis-tuh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪs təˌfaɪ |
Definition of mystify
Origin :- 1814, from French mystifier (1772), a verb formed irregularly from mystique "a mystic" (see mystic (adj.)) + -fier (see -fy). Related: Mystified; mystifying.
- verb bewilder, confuse
- Two blocks of moving waggons will mystify them, not attract them.
- Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
- Colonel Ellwell contrived to mystify the people a little as follows.
- Extract from : « Letters from Port Royal » by Various
- "We don't care to mystify you, Leopold," laughed Mr. Hamilton.
- Extract from : « The Coming Wave » by Oliver Optic
- “A very learned person,” said Rhoda, to whom it was delight to mystify Molly.
- Extract from : « The Maidens' Lodge » by Emily Sarah Holt
- "It came from Ball & Black's," said our hero, willing to mystify him.
- Extract from : « Fame and Fortune » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
- “Precisely the length of her ability to mystify me,” he replied.
- Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird
- "The more we mystify them, the more they will fear us," said the doctor.
- Extract from : « Pharaoh's Broker » by Ellsworth Douglass
- We shall have a laugh at them afterwards, and if I were in your place I'd mystify them more than ever.
- Extract from : « Crime and Punishment » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Still he did not scruple about giving it, or attempt in any manner to mystify or to deceive.
- Extract from : « Oak Openings » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Had it really been lost—or had it been placed there in order to mystify and mislead the police?
- Extract from : « The Place of Dragons » by William Le Queux
Synonyms for mystify
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