- perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
--1 is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun mystification2, noun mystification3, noun mystifier1, noun mystery1
The bad news will mystify him
The good news will mystify her
The performance is likely to mystify Sue
- mystify - make mysterious; "mystify the story"
--2 is one way to obscure, bedim, overcloud
Antonyms: demystify
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun mystification1, noun mystification2, noun mystification3, noun mystery1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something