MYSTIFICATIONS Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

mystifications

noun

plural of mystification

as in confusions

a state of mental uncertainty the new information did little to ease our mystification

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something hard to understand or explain an event that is one of the great mystifications in all of maritime history

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Noun

Before the Lost Weekend, John and Yoko had their New York Year — turning their personal confusions into beautifully vivid moments of rage and pain.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025

Definition of confusions

Noun

Nature, loss, and longing inspire these quiet verses, which conjure a sense of the immense mysteries governing the observable world.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
All this time later, the horse was never found, no one's been arrested, and one of sport's great unsolved mysteries has never moved beyond cold case status.

— Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of mysteries

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Its findings could also unlock clues about dark energy and dark matter, and some of the universe’s biggest enigmas.

— Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
In 2024, now grown and with her adoptive father’s approval, the young woman sets off with a wealthy merchant to piece together the historical enigmas surrounding the ancient Sumpa kingdom.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 June 2026

Definition of enigmas

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Sticky beta-amyloid can build into brain-clogging plaque over decades, eventually spurring neuron-killing tau tangles that lead to symptoms.

— Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Sazan is a rugged place—strewn with rocks and tangles of trees, populated by a large colony of rats, and studded with bunkers built by the Marxist dictator Enver Hoxha to defend against an imaginary invasion.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

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