mystifying 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of mystifyingnext
as in perplexing

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mystifying

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verb

present participle of mystify
as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty we were mystified by the sudden changes in the tax code

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mystifying
  1. perplexing
  2. baffling
  3. puzzling
  4. bizarre
  5. bewildering
  6. strange
  7. shocking
  8. eerie
Adjective
  • The most perplexing and concerning part of it all: TomoBoost still appears to be accepting new customers, charging prices ranging from $8.33 a month to $129.99 a month, depending on the tier of service and whether you’re billed monthly or annually.
    Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Hunting History dives into some of American history’s greatest and most perplexing mysteries through a new lens.
    Peter White, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of perplexing
Adjective
  • Every office is a microcosm of personalities, making the quest for the perfect gifts for coworkers exciting and baffling.
    Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Since the baffling refusal was discovered, users have been trying to find ways to get the chatbot to say the name or explain who the mystery man is.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of baffling
Verb
  • That these three stars are out of contract this summer, while Liverpool are having one of their best-ever starts to a season, is puzzling for most Liverpool fans.
    Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Three weeks after a Hawaii woman vanished in Los Angeles, her family is vowing to continue the search into the puzzling disappearance amid unsettling text messages.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of puzzling
Adjective
  • Red One seemed like a bizarre experiment, some sort of action film-adjacent Santa Claus movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans that almost seemed to be a sort of parody of itself.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Her material consists of tales of her bizarre upbringing, highly unconventional family, and filterless confessions of her time on this filthy planet.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of bizarre
Adjective
  • His narrow victory over Lee was bewildering: in the recent history of South Korea, prosecutors were, like the military and the police, tools of dictatorship.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
  • For Harris’s oldest friends from the Bay Area, who supported her campaigns for San Francisco District Attorney, state Attorney General, U.S. Senator and Vice President, the possibility of a Trump win was bewildering.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of bewildering
Adjective
  • When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • At the time, federal law gave the Bureau a strange grab bag of investigative duties, ranging from interstate prostitution to antitrust violations.
    Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of strange
Adjective
  • Even for an attorney who has taken on so many high-profile cases, Buzbee acknowledges that pursuing shocking allegations against Combs, one of the best-selling musical artists of all time – and not on his home turf – will be a big test of his legal and public relations skills.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The shocking courtroom assault took place during a sentencing hearing presided by District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of shocking
Adjective
  • The Emmy-winning screenwriter and producer, who died in 1975, headed the acclaimed TV series, which aired on CBS from 1959 to 1964, as well as its many memorable, and eerie, episodes.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Eyewitness reports, social media videos and officials confirm the drones are up to 6 feet in diameter, can quickly go from emitting eerie lights to no light at all and often avoid detection.
    Sophia Pargas, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of eerie
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