mystify verb

/ˈmɪs.tɪ.faɪ/ v [T often passive]

Definition

to confuse someone by being or doing something very strange or impossible to explain

I was mystified by her decision.

Most Americans seem totally mystified by cricket.

/ˈmɪs.tɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/ adj

After ten years her mystifying disappearance was still unexplained.

/ˈmɪs.tɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ.li/ adv

(Definition of mystify verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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