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1. Of an obscure nature
   "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands";
   - cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious

1. Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
   "These questions mystify even the experts";
   - confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate [informal], perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
    
2. Make mysterious
   "mystify the story"

See also: incomprehensible, inexplicable

Type of: be, blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil

Antonym: demystify

Encyclopedia: Mystify