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.
  •incomprehensible (adjective)
  • inconceivable,
  • fathomless,
  • beyond grasp,
  • unimaginable,
  • greek,
  • ungraspable,
  • incognizable,
  • unknowable,
  • clear as mud,
  • sibylline,
  • beyond comprehension,
  • uncomprehensible,
  • beyond one's grasp,
  • beats me.
  •inexplicable (adjective)
  • odd,
  • unsolvable,
  • unaccountable,
  • indescribable,
  • unexplainable,
  • Inexplainable,
  • peculiar,
  • undefinable,
  • indecipherable.
  •insoluble (adjective)
  • unresolved,
  • unsolved,
  • unconcluded,
  • inextricable,
  • Irresolvable.
  •knotty (adjective)
  • sophisticated,
  • rugged,
  • gordian,
  • sticky*,
  • tricky,
  • Ramified,
  • terrible,
  • tough,
  • hard,
  • elaborate,
  • rough,
  • uphill.
  •mysterious (adjective)
  • most alchemistic,
  • more transcendental,
  • more astrological,
  • un-natural,
  • most sphinxlike,
  • un-known,
  • most astrological,
  • most necromantic,
  • more necromantic,
  • more alchemistic,
  • more sphinxlike,
  • un known.
  •mystifying (adjective)
  • furtive,
  • curious,
  • occult,
  • hidden,
  • mystic,
  • equivocal,
  • obscure,
  • abstruse,
  • esoteric,
  • impenetrable,
  • oracular,
  • secretive,
  • symbolic,
  • covert,
  • subjective,
  • recondite,
  • unfathomable,
  • veiled,
  • weird*,
  • spiritual,
  • cabalistic,
  • unknown,
  • transcendental,
  • unnatural.
  •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)
  • illegible,
  • unreadable.

• n.

  •
  • explain,
  • knowledge.

• v.

  •mystify (verb)
  • elude,
  • hoodwink*,
  • floor*,
  • stump,
  • lick*,
  • puzzle,
  • trick,
  • bamboozle*,
  • baffle,
  • throw*,
  • befog,
  • lie,
  • confound,
  • deceive,
  • beat*,
  • buffalo,
  • fog in,
  • perplex,
  • escape.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • arcane.
  •Other relevant words:
  • flapping,
  • Devilling,
  • flabbergasting,
  • indistinct,
  • foiling,
  • Distracting,
  • funny,
  • messy,
  • raging,
  • Obtaining,
  • disturbing,
  • Thrumming,
  • drumming,
  • fetching,
  • unexplained,
  • Humbugging,
  • muddled,
  • Capturing,
  • Scrambling,
  • Generating,
  • embarrassing,
  • indefinite,
  • jumbled,
  • Bunking,
  • dismaying,
  • stumping,
  • snarled,
  • annoying,
  • conveying,
  • uncertain,
  • hazy,
  • inducing,
  • Equivocating,
  • Discomposing,
  • amazing,
  • fuzzy,
  • Engendering,
  • Nonplussing,
  • bass,
  • irritating,
  • Producing,
  • Irksome,
  • spoofing,
  • astounding,
  • convoluted,
  • Chiselling,
  • ticking,
  • thumping,
  • staggering,
  • remarkable,
  • Bothering,
  • strong,
  • dumbfounding,
  • twisted,
  • inexact,
  • crossing,
  • Deviling,
  • hoodwinking,
  • preternatural,
  • outfoxing,
  • elusive,
  • purchasing,
  • inconsistent,
  • Deluding,
  • acquiring,
  • Aiming,
  • scramming,
  • imprecise,
  • Circumventing,
  • byzantine,
  • Fathering,
  • disorderly,
  • fixing,
  • doubtful,
  • stupefying,
  • arresting,
  • Deceiving,
  • Foxing,
  • exhausting,
  • Bedeviling,
  • frustrating,
  • starting,
  • unfamiliar,
  • foreign,
  • thick,
  • botched,
  • suffering,
  • bizarre,
  • secret,
  • higgledy-piggledy,
  • beguiling,
  • Graveling,
  • unspecific,
  • Bamboozling,
  • Commencing,
  • contracting,
  • Blindfolding,
  • qabalistic,
  • developing,
  • regulating,
  • disconcerting,
  • pounding,
  • Vanquishing,
  • confused,
  • misleading,
  • Siring,
  • Mothering,
  • dubious,
  • Experiencing,
  • inexplicit,
  • thwarting,
  • intense,
  • Dazing,
  • cheating,
  • orphic,
  • stimulating,
  • disordered,
  • undecipherable,
  • bemusing,
  • astonishing,
  • Scotching,
  • eccentric,
  • Flustering,
  • alchemic,
  • Chiseling,
  • Fuddling,
  • non-specific,
  • supernatural,
  • Riling,
  • stunning,
  • Sustaining,
  • disorganized,
  • queer,
  • Bedevilling,
  • kabbalistic,
  • off-the-wall,
  • trouncing,
  • extreme,
  • Escaping,
  • Complicating,
  • befuddling,
  • upsetting,
  • problematic,
  • crushing,
  • outsmarting,
  • blurred,
  • outwitting,
  • incurring,
  • weird,
  • queering,
  • arriving,
  • contradictory,
  • Receiving,
  • muddle-headed,
  • perturbing,
  • chafing,
  • cabbalistic,
  • eluding,
  • Bilking,
  • rich,
  • causing,
  • Hoaxing,
  • unconventional,
  • shelling.

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.