mystify
verb (used with object)
to perplex, puzzle, or baffle; defy the understanding of.
has mystified
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present perfectof mystify (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The disconnect between slackening activity and the increasing yield has mystified even oil chieftains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
The disappearance has mystified surrounding communities in Iowa, prompting more than 250 individual volunteers to join in the search.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Saturn has one anomalous cloud structure that has mystified scientists: a hexagonal wave pattern around the north pole, shown in Figure 11.14.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
The function of sleep has mystified scientists for thousands of years, but modern research is providing new clues about what it does for both the mind and body.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2015
There you will behold Bonypart, the miraculous, the bone man who has mystified all the doctors and amazed millions.
From The Missing Link by Edward Dyson
