Synonyms and Antonyms of mystify

(verb.cognition)
amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition)

(verb.change)
demystify
make less mysterious or remove the mystery from (verb.change)

be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition)

puzzle over
try to solve (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of (verb.cognition)

(verb.cognition)
bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly (verb.cognition)
make mysterious (verb.change)

blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing (verb.change)

be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition)

mix up, stump
cause to be perplexed or confounded (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
riddle
set a difficult problem or riddle (verb.cognition)
(verb.stative)
elude, escape
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by (verb.stative)

(noun.communication)
mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution (noun.communication)
(noun.communication)
poser, sticker, stumper, toughie
a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem (noun.communication)
(noun.feeling)
stupefaction
a feeling of stupefied astonishment (noun.feeling)
make mysterious (verb.change)

mystification, obfuscation
the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered (noun.act)
(noun.artifact)
mystification
something designed to mystify or bewilder (noun.artifact)
(noun.cognition)
bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement
confusion resulting from failure to understand (noun.cognition)
(noun.cognition)
closed book, enigma, mystery, secret
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained (noun.cognition)

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