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Adjective

Hard to understand or explain

Strange to the point of causing confusion or disbelief

Involving or relating to magical or supernatural phenomena

Causing of amazement

Present participle for to thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder

Present participle for to fill with distress or alarm

Present participle for to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck

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Adjective

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Hard to understand or explain

difficult to understand

full of twists and turns

not easily understood

impossible to understand

all Greek to someone

too hard to understand

double Dutch

too difficult to understand

impossible to interpret

gray^US

grey^UK

behind someone's back

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“Among the expedients resorted to in exploiting a scientific fraud, mystifying lingo is one of the most common.”

Adjective

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Strange to the point of causing confusion or disbelief

difficult to understand

flakey^US

flaky^UK

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

like nothing on earth

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

unequalled^UK

unrivaled^US

specialized^US

unrivalled^UK

unequaled^US

specialised^UK

phony^US

in a league of its own

phoney^UK

customized^US

never to be forgotten

customised^UK

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

potentially dishonest

untrammeled^US

never before encountered

have bats in the belfry

not right in the head

sick in the head

not right upstairs

not quite right in the head

have kangaroos in the top paddock

away with the fairies

of unsound mind

mentally unbalanced

stark staring mad

not the full shilling

extremely implausible

not in the least likely

beyond the bounds of possibility

extremely difficult to believe

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“This abomination is an insult to taxpayers' intelligence, and why we have put up with this nonsense is mystifying.”

Adjective

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Involving or relating to magical or supernatural phenomena

“We have been told of a mystifying apparition of a gentleman with green ears, a striped back, and iridescent tail-feathers.”

Verb

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Causing of amazement

Verb

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Present participle for to thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder

making someone scratch their head

causing to be at a stand

mixing up

distracting

setting someone thinking

messing with one's head

making your head spin

striking dumb

muddying the waters

sticking it to

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

causing to lose your bearings

stopping someone in their tracks

screwing up

knocking sideways

blowing away

knocking the stuffing out of

balking^US

baulking^UK

coloring^US

colouring^UK

throwing up smoke screen

fuzzing up

muddying the waters of

clouding the issue

taking your breath away

hitting like a ton of bricks

knocking over

putting one away

knocking over with feather

filling with amazement

throwing into a tizzy

hitting

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

chagrining

causing wonder

taking the wind out of your sails

putting out of action

making emotional

sweeping someone off their feet

doing in

hitting for six

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“The Crop Circle phenomenon continues to mystify scientists and the public alike.”

Verb

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Present participle for to fill with distress or alarm

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

filling with consternation

messing up

throwing into a tizzy

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

taking the wind out of your sails

harassing

dampening spirits

dashing hopes

bringing tears to your eyes

making someone fed up

giving someone the blues

hanging over

knocking the stuffing out of

putting someone off their stroke

dampening the spirits of

making one's hair stand on end

making one's blood run cold

casting a gloom upon

turning off

breaking someone's heart

scaring the daylights out of

knocking the wind out of

harshing one's mellow

blackjacking

shattering the illusions of

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

bringing down to earth

causing someone to lose their composure

tyrannizing^US

breaking the heart of

tyrannising^UK

scaring the pants off

pushing around

getting on your nerves

trying the patience of

eating at

losing patience

scaring the bejesus out of

giving someone goose pimples

winding up

harshing someone's mellow

scaring someone out of their wits

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

chilling to the marrow

scaring the living daylights out of

putting the fear of God into

driving mad

freezing your blood

getting the wind up

giving someone the hump

throwing into a blue funk

causing to lose heart

lying heavy on

taking the heart out of

preying on

throwing into a fright

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

scaring someone half to death

making someone jump out of their skin

tugging at your heartstrings

shooting down

puncturing balloon

letting wind out of sails

taking down a peg or two

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Verb

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Present participle for to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck

baulking^UK

balking^US

putting the kibosh on

cramping one's style

putting on hold

giving the run around

putting on back burner

throwing a monkey wrench into

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

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