Meaning of "mystify" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MYSTIFY

From French mystifier, from mystèremystery1 or mystiquemystic.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MYSTIFY

mystify  [ˈmɪstɪˌfaɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MYSTIFY

Mystify is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mystify in English.

WHAT DOES MYSTIFY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Deception

Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs of things that are not true, or not the whole truth. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith. Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational rules and is considered to be a negative violation of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between romantic and relational partners.

Definition of mystify in the English dictionary

The definition of mystify in the dictionary is to confuse, bewilder, or puzzle. Other definition of mystify is to make mysterious or obscure.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MYSTIFY

PRESENT

Present

I mystify

you mystify

he/she/it mystifies

we mystify

you mystify

they mystify

Present continuous

I am mystifying

you are mystifying

he/she/it is mystifying

we are mystifying

you are mystifying

they are mystifying

Present perfect

I have mystified

you have mystified

he/she/it has mystified

we have mystified

you have mystified

they have mystified

Present perfect continuous

I have been mystifying

you have been mystifying

he/she/it has been mystifying

we have been mystifying

you have been mystifying

they have been mystifying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I mystified

you mystified

he/she/it mystified

we mystified

you mystified

they mystified

Past continuous

I was mystifying

you were mystifying

he/she/it was mystifying

we were mystifying

you were mystifying

they were mystifying

Past perfect

I had mystified

you had mystified

he/she/it had mystified

we had mystified

you had mystified

they had mystified

Past perfect continuous

I had been mystifying

you had been mystifying

he/she/it had been mystifying

we had been mystifying

you had been mystifying

they had been mystifying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will mystify

you will mystify

he/she/it will mystify

we will mystify

you will mystify

they will mystify

Future continuous

I will be mystifying

you will be mystifying

he/she/it will be mystifying

we will be mystifying

you will be mystifying

they will be mystifying

Future perfect

I will have mystified

you will have mystified

he/she/it will have mystified

we will have mystified

you will have mystified

they will have mystified

Future perfect continuous

I will have been mystifying

you will have been mystifying

he/she/it will have been mystifying

we will have been mystifying

you will have been mystifying

they will have been mystifying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would mystify

you would mystify

he/she/it would mystify

we would mystify

you would mystify

they would mystify

Conditional continuous

I would be mystifying

you would be mystifying

he/she/it would be mystifying

we would be mystifying

you would be mystifying

they would be mystifying

Conditional perfect

I would have mystify

you would have mystify

he/she/it would have mystify

we would have mystify

you would have mystify

they would have mystify

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been mystifying

you would have been mystifying

he/she/it would have been mystifying

we would have been mystifying

you would have been mystifying

they would have been mystifying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you mystify
we let´s mystify
you mystify

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to mystify

Past participle

mystified

Present Participle

mystifying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MYSTIFY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mystify» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of mystify

baffle · bamboozle · beat · befog · bewilder · confound · confuse · elude · escape · flummox · nonplus · perplex · puzzle · stump

TRANSLATION OF MYSTIFY

Find out the translation of mystify to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mystify from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mystify» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 使困惑不解
• Translator English - Spanish: desconcertar
• English: mystify
• Translator English - Hindi: रहस्यमय
• Translator English - Arabic: حير
• Translator English - Russian: мистифицировать
• Translator English - Portuguese: mistificar
• Translator English - Bengali: নিগূঢ় করা
• Translator English - French: rendre perplexe
• Translator English - Malay: Mystify
• Translator English - German: verblüffen
• Translator English - Japanese: 迷わす
• Translator English - Korean: 어리둥절하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Mystify
• Translator English - Vietnamese: làm bối rối
• Translator English - Tamil: மயக்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: गूढ
• Translator English - Turkish: şaşırtmak
• Translator English - Italian: confondere
• Translator English - Polish: mistyfikować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: містифікувати
• Translator English - Romanian: mistifica
• Translator English - Greek: σαστίζω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: mystifyleer
• Translator English - Swedish: mystify
• Translator English - Norwegian: mystifisere

3 QUOTES WITH «MYSTIFY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mystify.

1

Sarah Churchwell

The legacy of slavery comes from the sustained political, legal and economic effort to link permanently an entire group of people to poverty - and to mystify that systematic disenfranchisement by making up something called race, which could serve as a distraction.

2

Stonewall Jackson

Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible.

3

Marc Newson

People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYSTIFY»

Discover the use of mystify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mystify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Mystify

Sasha Carrington has grown up feeling like an outsider, and her parents are too concerned with scaling the Lincoln, Connecticut, social ladder to even notice her.

Artist Arthur, 2011

Mind Magic: Extraordinary Tricks to Mystify, Baffle and ...

This dazzling collection offers a rich selection of mind-reading, spirit-raising, future-telling illusions, complete with tips on how to present them most effectively.

Marc Lemezma, 2003

It's Not Magic, It's Science!: 50 Science Tricks that ...

Presents a collection of fifty magic tricks that are based on scientific principles.

Hope Buttitta, 2007

Be a Magician!: How to Put on a Magic Show and Mystify Your ...

Offers tips for putting on a magic show and discusses showmanship, stage settings, and costumes and includes instructions for performing fifteen tricks.

Jay Boyar, 1981

Mystify the Magician

Christopher, Jalil, April, David, and Senna escape from Atlantis to the island of Eire, a land out of Irish legends, where they discover that Merlin is getting closer, and that he will not stop his pursuit of Senna.

K. A. Applegate, 2001

How to Prepare for the SAT 1

To mystify is to bewilder someone intentionally, to block that person's understanding. The relationship between the capitalized words is clear. However , this is the last question of a set, typically the hardest analogy question in that section.

Sharon Weiner Green, Ira K. Wolf, 2001

How Great Generals Win

Stonewall Jackson "MYSTIFY, MISLEAD, AND SURPRISE" FI ; VEW SOLDIERS and fewer politicians recognized that the conditions of warfare changed fundamentally between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the outbreak of the ...

Bevin Alexander, 2002

Jumble Magic: Puzzles to Mystify and Amaze!

Puzzle enthusiasts will be mystified by this new collection of magical Jumble puzzles.

Tribune Media Services, Henri Arnold, Bob Lee, 2013

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

His rule of strategy — "always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy" — seemed to apply to his own officers as well.1 Before May 8, 1862, many of his soldiers considered him crazy and called him "Old Tom Fool." Events during the next ...

James M. McPherson, 1988

Big Book of Windows Hacks

To hack the Mystify screensaver, open the Registry Editor and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Screensavers\Mystify. Select Edit→ New DWORD (32-bit) Value, and create a new DWORD called ...

Preston Gralla, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYSTIFY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mystify is used in the context of the following news items.

There's a way to fix portrait YouTube videos using your phone

But the curse of the vertical video will inevitably continue to irritate, befuzzle and mystify anyone who ever watches them. But YouTube has ... «Metro, Jul 15»

Orioles pitcher Billy Loes once lost a grounder 'in the sun'

They are athletes whose offbeat antics mystify teammates and fascinate fans and, over three centuries, Baltimore has been blessed with its ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»

Main Line woman arrested on multiple drug charges

The most important thing to do is to de-mystify this drug and those that it has touched. Every family has a friend or loved one struggling with an ... «MyFOXPhilly.com, Jul 15»

OFF RADAR: Naming poets' names

To me it's more mysterious than any of these things, and while I don't have room to mystify you with what I mean by that, I can offer a few names ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jul 15»

Laser Analysis Reveals That Astronauts' Skin Gets Thinner In Space

But alas, the mystery of the shrinking skin continues to mystify the team with Prof Koenig saying: “So far we have no explanation yet, and we are ... «Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News, Jul 15»

The Daffy Dozen

They are athletes whose offbeat antics mystify teammates and fascinate fans — and Baltimore has been blessed with its share. The Baltimore ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»

Science backs up destructive effects of pornography

She pleaded with the audience to “not mystify the sex industry. The real lives of those who are trafficked or prostituted are often indisputable ... «CatholicPhilly.com, Jul 15»

Kevin Millar 'made fun of others, but also himself' with Orioles

They are athletes whose offbeat antics mystify teammates and fascinate fans – and Baltimore has been blessed with its share. lRelated The ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»

Tech's Justin Thomas has edge on Deshaun Watson…for now

His decisions were not flawless, but he was correct enough to mystify defenses. Thomas steered the Ramblin' Wreck to an 11-3 record and a ... «Greenville News, Jul 15»

Poem of the week: When Six O'Clock Comes and Another Day Has …

What she and the poem are telling us is that babies mystify us. Their passivity allows us uncomprehending power over their bodies, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»