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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 disturb the composure of

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

dubious

indeterminate

all Greek to someone

too hard to understand

double Dutch

too difficult to understand

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

away with the fairies

not right in the head

sick in the head

stark staring mad

not the full shilling

specialized^US

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

specialised^UK

have bats in the belfry

not quite right in the head

customized^US

never to be forgotten

customised^UK

not in your right mind

a few cards shy of a full deck

deprived of one's wits

one card shy of a full deck

manic-depressive

over the edge

non compos

severely mentally ill

one sandwich short of a picnic

having kangaroos in the top paddock

flipped-out

as mad as a March hare

flipped out

crazy as a loon

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

phony^US

phoney^UK

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

have a screw loose

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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

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

balking^US

baulking^UK

stopping someone in their tracks

screwing up

knocking sideways

blowing away

knocking the stuffing out of

coloring^US

colouring^UK

throwing up smoke screen

fuzzing up

muddying the waters of

raveling^US

ravelling^UK

graying^US

greying^UK

making more difficult

casting a shadow over

discoloring^US

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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 disturb the composure of

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

filling with consternation

messing up

throwing into a tizzy

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

putting someone off their stroke

putting someone off their stride

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

putting out of countenance

making someone scratch their head

setting someone back on their heels

causing to be at a stand

hurting somebody's feelings

causing discomfort to

making self-conscious

taking the wind out of your sails

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

balking^US

baulking^UK

astonishing

catching unawares

mixing up

causing someone to lose their composure

stopping someone in their tracks

upsetting the applecart

petrifying

mourning

pushing the buttons of

making one's hair stand on end

scaring to death

filling with fear

scaring someone out of their wits

scaring the bejesus out of

scaring the pants off

throwing into a panic

frightening the living daylights out of

throwing into a blue funk

frightening to death

scaring stiff

scaring the living daylights out of

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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

hanging up

cutting off

throwing a spanner in the works

choking off

cramping one's style

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

dead-ending

giving the run around

hanging fire

holding off

putting on hold

putting on back burner

throwing a monkey wrench into

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