mystification
English Thesaurus
1. the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | activity, |
| definition | : | any specific behavior (noun.act) |
2. something designed to mystify or bewilder (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | artefact, artifact, |
| definition | : | a man-made object taken as a whole (noun.tops) |
3. confusion resulting from failure to understand (noun.cognition)
4. the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered (noun.act)
| derivation | : | mystify, |
| definition | : | make mysterious (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, |
| definition | : | be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | obfuscate, |
| definition | : | make obscure or unclear (verb.communication) |
5. something designed to mystify or bewilder (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | mystify, |
| definition | : | make mysterious (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, |
| definition | : | be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition) |
6. confusion resulting from failure to understand (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | mystify, |
| definition | : | make mysterious (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, |
| definition | : | be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | obfuscate, |
| definition | : | make obscure or unclear (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | puzzle, |
| definition | : | be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide (verb.emotion) |
7. the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered (noun.act)
| derivation | : | mystify, |
| definition | : | make mysterious (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, |
| definition | : | be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | obfuscate, |
| definition | : | make obscure or unclear (verb.communication) |
8. something designed to mystify or bewilder (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | mystify, |
| definition | : | make mysterious (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, |
| definition | : | be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition) |
9. confusion resulting from failure to understand (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | mystify, |
| definition | : | make mysterious (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex, |
| definition | : | be a mystery or bewildering to (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | obfuscate, |
| definition | : | make obscure or unclear (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | puzzle, |
| definition | : | be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide (verb.emotion) |
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