mystify

Verb
  1. Be a mystery or bewildering to (synset 200624056)
    "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
    is a type of: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
    subtypes:
    • mix up, stump - cause to be perplexed or confounded
    • riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle
    • elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
    same as: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
  2. Make mysterious (synset 200519733)
    "mystify the story"
    is a type of: blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil - make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

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