mystify
verb (used with object)
to perplex, puzzle, or baffle; defy the understanding of.
are mystifying
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present progressiveof mystify.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Most of these infections occurred in farmworkers who came into contact with infected cows or poultry, with the exception of three cases that are mystifying health officials.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2024
“The choices she has made are mystifying to them, even though they can see her happiness,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
But it’s the revenue numbers that are mystifying analysts, who had not figured tax payments would drop off so quickly.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
Some are horrifying and some are mystifying and some are friendly, and though the haunting drives his boyfriend away, Randall takes it in stride.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2020
Whether the French really are so, or whether they are mystifying us in the accounts they send over, I will not presume to decide.
From Historic Doubts Relative To Napoleon Buonaparte by Richard Whately
