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Seriously puzzled
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mystified
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"bewildered, puzzled," 1863, past participle adjective from mystify .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex , vex , stick , get , puzzle , baffle , beat , pose , bewilder , flummox , stupefy , nonplus , gravel ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mystify \Mys"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mystified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mystifying .] [F. mystifier, fr. Gr. ? + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See 1st Mystery , and -fy .] To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 puzzled or confused 2 state of enchantment as concerns person or event v (en-past of: mystify )
Usage examples of mystified.
To a mystified and anxious girl, pacing the gravel in front of the Castle, entered the fish-cart.
The mystified Cameron stood speechless, watching his prey vanishing in the company of his mistress.
Lady Claybody sat on a brocaded couch with something of the dignity of the late Queen Victoria, mystified, perturbed, awaiting the explanation which was her due.
He looked into her eyes, and she was mystified to A DANGEROUS FORTUNE 145 see tears behind his spectacles.
His blue eyes were boyish-wide and mystified, and she decided he was somewhat younger than she had first supposed, perhaps hardly older than herself.
I did not pause to ask him what he meant by that or how he knew that I mystified people all the time.
I should have seen his bent leg, but I was so mystified by his acts that I did not pay any attention to details.
At the time Jeffrey had been disturbingly mystified, since everyone, knew the suit had been baseless.
British commerce, as various mystified Japanese businessmen had told me.
Azhure still looked totally mystified, and GoldFeather looked at her and indicated that she would explain later.
Raum and Barsarbe for a moment, but they looked as mystified as she felt.
God our Father, may they remain too mystified and intimidated by our ship to think of attacking us.
Madoc was mystified and a bit alarmed that it lay to the east instead of west of his fleet, but at last reassured himself that he must have sailed under some cape or peninsula and then come up its western shore when he veered northward two days ago.
As the Welshmen looked on, mystified, the fire builders arranged some sticks on the ground and stood up.
Madoc knew that the natives at the big mound city in the river bend would be shocked, angered, or mystified by the appearance of their dead chief encased in metal.