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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
baffling, bewildering, bothering, confounding, confusing, dark, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, distracting, disturbing, embarrassing, enigmatic, intricate, mysterious, perplexing, perturbing, problematic, puzzling, upsetting
Dictionary Results for mystifying:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
mystifying
    adj 1: of an obscure nature; "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"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally
           mystifying to visitors from other lands" [syn: cryptic,
           cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious,
           mystifying]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mystify \Mys"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mystified; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Mystifying.] [F. mystifier, fr. Gr. ? + L. -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.
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   2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the
      credulity of; to baffle; as, to mystify an opponent.
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            He took undue advantage of his credulity and
            mystified him exceedingly.            --Ld.
                                                  Campbell.
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