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Meanings of
mystify
in English
Portuguese
atordoar
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Be a mystery or bewildering to.
get
beat
stick
pose
gravel
puzzle
vex
amaze
baffle
perplex
Related terms
puzzle over
puzzle out
Portuguese
atordoar
Catalan
desconcertar
Spanish
mistificar
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Make mysterious.
demystify
Catalan
desconcertar
Usage of
mystify
in English
1
The Emperor's invariable method in dealing with men was to
mystify
them.
2
I always was under the impression that no illusion could
mystify
me.
3
Her very confession, so simply spoken, tended to confuse, to
mystify
him.
4
That was better than frankincense and myrrh, to
mystify
a genuine commissioner!
5
Mr Kent gashes body, to
mystify
discoverers, and disposes of same.'
6
To
mystify
the staid and slow-going Rivermouthians was our frequent pleasure.
7
Wants and inconveniences would rather pain and
mystify
than educate her.
8
You simply
mystify
me, so that I alternately hope and despair.
9
Is not this conduct devised to
mystify
the audience rather than the characters?
10
Why, for instance, does Heracles
mystify
Admetus with the Veiled Woman?
11
The humblest wayside juggler in India could
mystify
them to the verge of lunacy.
12
Mysterious ways Film: The films of Spanish director Julio Medem confuse, confound and
mystify
.
13
She was unable to resist the temptation to
mystify
him.
14
So many conflicting directions confuse and
mystify
me, I confess.
15
I will not
mystify
you, Mr. Cleggett, about the box.
16
We came upon some turf-diggers, and my visitors mounted their masks to
mystify
them.
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mystify
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
mystify people
mystify a process
mystify discoverers
mystify enemies
mystify ever
More collocations
Translations for
mystify
Portuguese
atordoar
Catalan
desconcertar
Spanish
mistificar
desconcertar
Mystify
through the time
Mystify
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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