mystify

CEFRC1

/ˈmɪstɪfaɪ/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To confuse someone so they cannot understand something.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

Examples

  • The complex magician's trick continued to mystify the crowd.

  • The complex plot mystify the reader.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

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In context

  • The magician's tricks mystify the audience.

  • Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years.

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The complex machine's strange behavior continued to blank the experienced engineers.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare.