mystify
Other forms: mystified; mystifying; mystifies
If something totally stumps you, doesn't make one lick of sense and has no logical explanation, then it's safe to say it mystifies you.
To mystify is a verb that sounds not so mysteriously like mystery. That's because something that mystifies is just that. There's no answer or explanation to be found for it. If you're mystified, you're in awe and bewilderment. The infinite nature of the universe mystifies some people. Others are mystified by the appeal of teen sensations from Ricky Nelson to Justin Bieber.
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be a mystery or bewildering to
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synonyms:
amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
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mix up, stump
cause to be perplexed or confounded
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riddle
set a difficult problem or riddle
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elude, escape
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
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defy, refuse, resist
elude, especially in a baffling way
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make mysterious
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