mystify

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de plonger quelqu'un dans la perplexité ou la confusion complète, ou de rendre quelque chose obscur ou énigmatique.

A verb used to indicate the act of causing someone to be completely puzzled or confused, or to make something obscure or mysterious.

1. Bewilder or confuseB2formal

   To cause someone to be completely puzzled or unable to understand something.

   Déconcerter, rendre perplexe

   • The complex instructions mystified the new employees.
   • Her sudden disappearance mystified everyone who knew her.
   • The magician's trick mystified the entire audience.

   Synonymesbafflebemusebewilderconfoundconfuseflummoxnonplusperplexpuzzle

   Antonymesclarifyeducateenlightenexplainilluminate

2. Make mysteriousC1formal

   To deliberately make something obscure, puzzling, or difficult to understand.

   Rendre mystérieux

   • The author mystified the plot by adding many red herrings.
   • They mystified the ritual to keep its true meaning secret.
   • The artist mystified his work with layers of symbolism.

   Synonymesbefogcloudobfuscateobscureshroudveil

   Antonymesclarifydemystifyenlightenexplainilluminate