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Synonyms & Antonyms of mystifying
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in shocking, baffling
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for mystifying
- bizarre,
- curious,
- eerie
- (also eery),
- far-out,
- funny,
- grotesque,
- kinky,
- outlandish,
- out-of-the-way,
- outrageous,
- outré,
- peculiar,
- quaint,
- queer,
- queerish,
- quirky,
- remarkable,
- screwy,
- strange,
- wacky
- (also whacky),
- way-out,
- weird,
- wild
- aberrant,
- atypical,
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- flaky,
- freak,
- freakish,
- idiosyncratic,
- marvelous
- (or marvellous),
- prodigious,
- rare,
- singular,
- uncommon,
- unique,
- unnatural,
- unusual,
- unwonted
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for mystifying
mystifying
verbpresent participle of mystify
Synonyms & Antonyms of mystifying (Entry 2 of 2)
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
- we were mystified by the sudden changes in the tax code
Synonyms for mystifying
Words Related to mystifying
- abashing,
- discomfiting,
- disconcerting,
- discountenancing,
- embarrassing,
- fazing,
- flustering,
- mortifying,
- nonplussing
- (also nonplusing),
- rattling
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