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MYSTIFYING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mystifying mean?

• MYSTIFYING (adjective)
The adjective MYSTIFYING has 1 sense:

1. of an obscure nature

Familiarity information: MYSTIFYING used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MYSTIFYING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of an obscure nature

Synonyms:

cryptic; cryptical; inscrutable; mysterious; mystifying; deep

Context examples:

the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms / a deep dark secret / the inscrutable workings of Providence / in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life / rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands

Similar:

incomprehensible; inexplicable (incapable of being explained or accounted for)

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