Synonyms for mystifying
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Bewildering
bewildering, mysterious, confusing, perplexing, inexplicable, incomprehensible, inscrutable, cryptic, fathomless, deep, cryptical, puzzling, obscure
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Very hard to understand; baffling.
Example sentences
- mysterious A mysterious spaceship was flying away from Earth.
- confusing David is confusing Amanda's dad with someone else.
- perplexing Sami asked Layla a perplexing question.
- bewildering Tom found the sheer size of the city bewildering at first.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mystifying | rising | |
| mysterious | rising | |
| confusing | rising | |
| perplexing | steady | |
| bewildering | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- deep1
- 7 letters
- obscure2, cryptic2
- 8 letters
- puzzling3
- 9 letters
- confusing3, cryptical
- 10 letters
- mysterious4, perplexing3, fathomless
- 11 letters
- bewildering4, inscrutable4
- 12 letters
- inexplicable5, mindboggling3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obscure2 = 2 syllables).