mystified (adj.)

"bewildered, puzzled," by 1847, past-participle adjective from mystify.

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1798, "to make obscure, obscure the meaning of;" 1814, "perplex purposely," from French mystifier (1772), a verb formed irregularly from mystique "mysterious" (see mystic (adj.)) + -fier "to make" (see -fy). Related: Mystified; mystifying.

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Definitions of mystified

mystified (adj.)

totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal;

Synonyms: metagrobolized / metagrobolised / metagrabolized / metagrabolised

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