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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mystify . - adjective
puzzled orconfused - adjective state of
enchantment as concerns person or event
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- adjective totally perplexed and mixed up
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Examples
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The name mystified me, until I came to realize that salsa golf must have been, at some point, a staple on country club menus in some of the Spanish-speaking world.
Daisy’s Holiday Cooking Daisy Martinez 2010
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Though laziness is easily enough understood, I remain mystified as to why anyone who purports to follow Jesus would choose to condemn an entire population over choosing to obey Jesus 'self-proclaimed greatest commandment to love one's neighbor as oneself.
John Shore: Toward a Christianity of Common Sense John Shore 2010
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Though laziness is easily enough understood, I remain mystified as to why anyone who purports to follow Jesus would choose to condemn an entire population over choosing to obey Jesus 'self-proclaimed greatest commandment to love one's neighbor as oneself.
John Shore: Toward a Christianity of Common Sense John Shore 2010
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Though laziness is easily enough understood, I remain mystified as to why anyone who purports to follow Jesus would choose to condemn an entire population over choosing to obey Jesus 'self-proclaimed greatest commandment to love one's neighbor as oneself.
John Shore: Toward a Christianity of Common Sense John Shore 2010
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You wrote that you remain mystified by the insistence of those who live in the Chapala area on driving US-plated cars.
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You wrote that you remain mystified by the insistence of those who live in the Chapala area on driving US-plated cars.
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You wrote that you remain mystified by the insistence of those who live in the Chapala area on driving US-plated cars.
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As a final note, I remain mystified by the insistence of those who live in the Chapala area on driving US-plated cars, even those who clearly have adequate resources to pay the modest additional costs.
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As a final note, I remain mystified by the insistence of those who live in the Chapala area on driving US-plated cars, even those who clearly have adequate resources to pay the modest additional costs.
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As a final note, I remain mystified by the insistence of those who live in the Chapala area on driving US-plated cars, even those who clearly have adequate resources to pay the modest additional costs.
agustinolvera commented on the word mystified
"I was mystified". Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer page6
October 4, 2010
yarb commented on the word mystified
What a great citation, it really illuminates the word. OED take note.
October 5, 2010