Synonyms of mystifies

mystifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of mystify

as in perplexes

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

we were mystified by the sudden changes in the tax code

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perplexes
• confuses
• baffles
• bewilders
• puzzles
• befuddles
• embarrasses
• vexes
• confounds
• stuns
• bemuses
• flummoxes
• disorients
• bothers
• discombobulates
• disturbs
• poses
• flusters
• rattles
• muddles
• bamboozles
• muddies
• upsets
• addles
• unsettles
• gets
• fuddles
• beats
• mazes
• buffaloes
• befogs
• gravels
• foxes
• disconcerts
• mortifies
• blows one's mind
• agitates
• sticks
• goes to one's head
• dismays
• distresses
• discomfits
• deceives
• stumps
• perturbs
• disquiets
• misleads
• fazes
• nonplusses
• unhinges
• beguiles
• deludes
• nonpluses
• abashes
• discountenances
• tricks
• fools
• chagrins
• misguides
• hoodwinks
• discomposes
• weirds out
• discomforts
• snows
• dupes
• strings along
• takes in
• gulls
• humbugs
• hoaxes
• cozens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assures
• satisfies
• informs
• reassures
• enlightens