Mystified

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mystify
       v 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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mystified
       See {mystify}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mystified
       adj : totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense
             has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal
             [syn: {metagrobolized}, {metagrobolised}, {metagrabolized},
              {metagrabolised}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "mystified":
     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