Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years.
Source: wiktionary
Mystify
//ˈmɪstɪfaɪ//
Synonyms for "mystify" (96 found)
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Related words (48)
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9 entriesTranslations
12 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- озадачавам verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
- смущавам verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
German
2 entries- irritieren verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
- verblüffen verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
Polish
3 entries- zadziwiać verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
- zadziwić verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
- zakłopotać verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
Russian
1 entries- мистифици́ровать verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- mistificírati verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
Swedish
2 entries- förbrylla verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
- mystifiera verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
Turkish
1 entries- afallatmak verb (to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder)
Sample sentences
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I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.
Source: wiktionary
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