mystifying 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of mystifyingnext
as in perplexing

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mystifying

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verb

present participle of mystify
as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty we were mystified by the sudden changes in the tax code

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mystifying
  1. perplexing
  2. baffling
  3. puzzling
  4. bizarre
  5. bewildering
  6. strange
  7. shocking
  8. eerie
Adjective
  • Making sense of what the affable and passionate Che is up to at his tiny restaurant can be perplexing.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Pope No position encapsulates Newcastle’s perplexing summer better than the incomplete reshuffling of the goalkeeper department.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
Definition of perplexing
Adjective
  • Even by the standards of long-shot campaigns, this one has made some baffling missteps.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • My friend Bud, who lives around the corner from me in Florida half the year and in his North Carolina cabin the other half, recently texted me with a baffling problem.
    Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of baffling
Adjective
  • The most puzzling reveal was a new suspect sketch, reportedly drawn early in 2017.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
  • These conflicting versions created a puzzling cognitive dissonance.
    Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of puzzling
Adjective
  • By Samantha Riedel Sarah McBride Will Officially Be the First Trans Member of U.S. Congress By Nico Lang Amid a packed schedule of eclectic, bizarre, and hilarious series on the Dropout streaming service, Very Important People has already established itself as one of the platform’s finest.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Karin is not your typical sweet anime girl, and the narrative is bizarre, unexpected and hilarious.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of bizarre
Adjective
  • For Harris’s oldest friends from the Bay Area, who supported her campaigns for San Francisco District Attorney, state Attorney General, U.S. Senator and Vice President, the possibility of a Trump win was bewildering.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The proud Warriors were failing more often in increasingly bewildering ways, generating a perpetual blame game that was leaning Thompson’s way more than ever before.
    Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 2 July 2024
Definition of bewildering
Adjective
  • The 75-year-old writer’s novels and stories, which are marked by a distinct combination of strange happenings and plainspoken feelings, have been translated into more than 50 languages.
    Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
  • There’s a rich history of actors making a strange commitment to character during their press tours, awards-related or otherwise: Jim Carrey becoming Andy Kaufman, Bradley Cooper becoming Maestro, whatever random voice Tom Hardy decides to do every year.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of strange
Adjective
  • In November 1963, President Kennedy was shot and killed during a motorcade in Dallas, and the shocking moment instigated a period of mourning across the nation.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The Thunder beat the Suns to kick off NBA Cup play, then fell to the Spurs in a shocking loss to get to 1-1 in this stage.
    Nick Crain, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of shocking
Adjective
  • The body horror lingering at the fringes of this is very eerie.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • In my inbox sit three eerie, unsolicited photographs of a crime scene.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of eerie
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mystifying

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