mystify
verb (used with object)
to perplex, puzzle, or baffle; defy the understanding of.
Example Sentences
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“It’s mystifying to us,” says Eric Nuttall, senior portfolio manager at energy-focused investment firm Ninepoint Partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“This rigorous approach just hasn’t been taken with VSELs. I find the work mystifying and lacking in rigor,” he said.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
And for all its heavy-handed writing and mystifying character flourishes, “Tow” manages to be mostly an effective, if silly, story of perseverance, thanks almost entirely to Byrne’s dogged performance.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026
This weekend he confronts, for the first time, Beethoven’s daunting mystical and mystifying “Missa Solemnis.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
The most mystifying symptom of this affliction was that one ogre would choose to serve another ogre—or animal—that it loved.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
