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Synonyms & Antonyms of mystification
1
a state of mental uncertainty
- the new information did little to ease our mystification
Synonyms for mystification
- bafflement,
- bamboozlement,
- befuddlement,
- bemusement,
- bewilderedness,
- bewilderment,
- confusedness,
- confusion,
- discombobulation,
- distraction,
- fog,
- head-scratching,
- maze
- [chiefly dialect],
- muddle,
- perplexity,
- puzzlement,
- tangle,
- whirl
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2
something hard to understand or explain
- an event that is one of the great mystifications in all of maritime history
Synonyms for mystification
Words Related to mystification
- brainteaser,
- case,
- challenge,
- knot,
- matter,
- perplexity,
- poser,
- problem,
- stumper,
- trouble
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