Definition for Mystifying:

• of an obscure nature; " the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; " a deep dark secret"; " the inscrutible workings of Providence"; " in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; " rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"

Synonyms for Mystifying:

• adj.

  •baffling (adjective)
  • unclear,
  • over one's head.
  •confusing (adjective)
  • disorienting.
  •cryptic (adjective)
  • ambiguous,
  • vague,
  • evasive,
  • delphian,
  • murky,
  • tenebrous,
  • apocryphal,
  • delphic.
  •dark (adjective)
  • complicated,
  • concealed,
  • not known,
  • anagogic,
  • intricate.
  •different (adjective)
  • unusual.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • labyrinthine,
  • thorny,
  • complex,
  • meandering,
  • hard to explain,
  • nice,
  • rambling,
  • unintelligible,
  • ticklish,
  • entangled,
  • vexing,
  • obstinate,
  • abstract,
  • subtle,
  • involved,
  • enigmatical,
  • troublesome,
  • paradoxical,
  • formidable,
  • hard to solve,
  • profound,
  • problematical,
  • delicate,
  • tangled,
  • loose,
  • confounding.
  •perplexing (adjective)
  • more mind bending,
  • more disconcerting,
  • dis-concerting,
  • most mindbending,
  • most disconcerting,
  • most mind-bending,
  • more mind-bending,
  • more mindbending,
  • mind bending,
  • dis concerting,
  • mindbending,
  • most mind bending.
  •puzzling (adjective)
  • sur prising,
  • mis-leading,
  • mis leading,
  • sur-prising.
  •strange (adjective)
  • un accustomed,
  • farout,
  • un commoner,
  • in-experienced,
  • un-commoner,
  • un commonest,
  • un usual,
  • un-usual,
  • un seasoned,
  • un-seasoned,
  • un-common,
  • in experienced,
  • un common,
  • extra-ordinary,
  • un-accustomed.
  •uncanny (adjective)
  • superhuman,
  • scarier,
  • unheard-of,
  • supranormal,
  • scary,
  • supernormal.
  •uncomprehensible (adjective)
  • un comprehensible,
  • un-comprehensible.
  •unexplainable (adjective)
  • un explainable,
  • un-explainable.
  •unintelligible (adjective)
  • indecipherable,
  • unreadable,
  • illegible.

• n.

  •
  • explain,
  • knowledge.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • arcane.

Antonyms for Mystifying:

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    comprehendible, comprehensible.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    explicable.

Mystifying Sentence Examples:

• Mysteries had been woven before his eyes so persistently, of late, that it was a real pleasure to be able to do a little mystifying on his own account.

• The Moving Finger A mystifying story dealing with a wealthy M. P. 's experiment.