mystify
verb (used with object)
to perplex, puzzle, or baffle; defy the understanding of.
have been mystifying
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present perfect progressiveof mystify.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Ten years ago, when a taco in London might easily have contained canned baked beans, the idea of a Mexican restaurant in a posh hotel would have been mystifying.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2017
Oh, Harry, if you have been mystifying me, I hope you will never do it again.
From Blind Love by Wilkie Collins
The ambiguity of this might have been mystifying to 282 any but a drowning man ready to clutch at a straw.
From Those Dale Girls by Frank Weston Carruth
