English-Thai Dictionary

mystify

VT ทำให้ งง  ทำให้ สับสน  ทำให้ ไม่เข้าใจ  ทำให้ ประหลาดใจ  puzzle confuse fool mislead elude tam-hai-ngong

 

mystify

VT ทำให้ ลึกลับ  tam-hai-luek-lab

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MYSTIFY

Mys "ti *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mystified; p. pr. & vb. n.Mystifying. ] Etym: [F. mystifier, fr. Gr. -ficare (in comp. ) to make. See 1st Mystery, and -fy. ]

 

1. To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.

 

2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of; as, to mystify an opponent. He took undue advantage of his credulity and mystified him exceedingly. Ld. Campbell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mystify

mys ti fy |ˈmistəˌfī ˈmɪstəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( mystifies, mystifying, mystified ) [ with obj. ] utterly bewilder or perplex (someone ): maladies that have mystified and alarmed researchers for over a decade | (as adj. mystifying ) : a mystifying phenomenon. • make obscure or mysterious: lawyers who mystify the legal system so that laymen find it unintelligible. DERIVATIVES mys ti fi ca tion |ˌmistəfiˈkāSHən |noun, mys ti fi er noun, mys ti fy ing ly adverb ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French mystifier, formed irregularly from mystique ‘mystic ’ or from mystère ‘mystery. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

mystify

mys |tify |ˈmɪstɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( mystifies, mystifying, mystified ) [ with obj. ] utterly bewilder or perplex (someone ): I was completely mystified by his disappearance | (as adj. mystifying ) : a mystifying phenomenon. • make obscure or mysterious: lawyers who mystify the legal system so that laymen find it unintelligible. DERIVATIVES mystification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, mystifier noun, mystifyingly adverb ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French mystifier, formed irregularly from mystique ‘mystic ’ or from mystère ‘mystery ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mystify

mystify verb Houdini mystified his audiences: bewilder, puzzle, perplex, baffle, confuse, confound, bemuse, bedazzle, throw; informal flummox, stump, bamboozle, fox.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mystify

mystify verb I was completely mystified by his disappearance: bewilder, puzzle, perplex, baffle, confuse, confound, bemuse, obfuscate, nonplus, throw, get; informal flummox, be all Greek to, stump, bamboozle, beat, faze, fox; archaic wilder, gravel, maze. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD mystify, puzzle, perplex, baffle See puzzle . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mystify

mys ti fy /mɪ́stɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈事 物 人が 〉〈人を 〉当惑させる, 面食らわせる (baffle ); 〖be -fied 〗〈人が 〉当惑する, 面食らう .2 …を神秘化する .

 

mystifying

m ý s ti f ỳ ing 形容詞 (人を )当惑 [混乱 ]させる (ような ).