| VERB | cognition | mystify, perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | be a mystery or bewildering to |
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| change | mystify | make mysterious |
| Sounds | mih'stahfay. | |
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| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | make mysterious. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "mystify the story" | |
| Broader | obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing |
| Opposite | demystify | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from |
| Spanish | dejar perplejo, desconcertar, mistificar | |
| Catalan | desconcertar | |
| Nouns | mystery | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained |
| mystification | the activity of obscuring / obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered | |
| mystification | something designed to mystify or bewilder / bewilder | |
| mystification | confusion resulting from failure to understand | |
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