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mystify
Overview of verb mystify
The verb mystify has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (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")
2. mystify -- (make mysterious; "mystify the story")
Antonyms of verb mystify
1 of 2 senses of mystify
Sense 2
mystify
Antonym of demystify (Sense 1)
=>demystify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mystify
2 senses of mystify
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> be
Sense 2
mystify
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb mystify
1 of 2 senses of mystify
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> stump, mix up
=> riddle
=> elude, escape
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mystify
2 senses of mystify
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sense 2
mystify
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
'Cause To' of verb mystify
Derived Forms of verb mystify
2 senses of mystify
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
RELATED TO>(noun) mystification#2
=> mystification
RELATED TO>(noun) mystification#3
=> mystification, obfuscation
RELATED TO>(noun) mystifier#1
=> puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser
RELATED TO>(noun) mystery#1
=> mystery, enigma, secret, closed book
Sense 2
mystify
RELATED TO>(noun) mystification#1
=> bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement
RELATED TO>(noun) mystification#2
=> mystification
RELATED TO>(noun) mystification#3
=> mystification, obfuscation
RELATED TO>(noun) mystery#1
=> mystery, enigma, secret, closed book
Domain of verb mystify
Domain Terms of verb mystify
Familiarity of verb mystify
mystify used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb mystify
2 senses of mystify
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
EX: The bad news will mystify him
EX: The good news will mystify her
EX: The performance is likely to mystify Sue
Sense 2
mystify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb mystify
2 senses of mystify
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> demoralize
=> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> disorient, disorientate
Sense 2
mystify
> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> mystify
=> eclipse
=> shadow, shade, shade off
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb mystify
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
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Sense 2
mystify
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
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Grep of verb mystify
demystify
mystify
Grep of adj mystify
mystifying
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