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Definition: Mystifying |
MystifyingAdjective1. Of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mystifying" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Synonyms: MystifyingSynonyms: cryptic (adj), cryptical (adj), deep (adj), inscrutable (adj), mysterious (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Mystifying |
| English words defined with "mystifying": cryptic, cryptical ♦ deep ♦ inscrutable ♦ mysterious. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mystifying": Mystify. (references) |
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| "Mystifying" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 78.95% of the time. "Mystifying" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 78.95% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 15.79% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "mystifying"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | täuschend (beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusively, delusory, feinting, foxing, hoodwinking). (various references) | ||||
Hebrew | תמו×" (amazing, enigmatic, odd, peculiar, strange, surprising). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ystifyingmay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mystifying": mystifyingly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mystifying": demystifying. (additional references) | |
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"Mystifying" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mystifing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mystifying" (pronounced mi"stufī'ing) |
| 7 | -s t u f ī' i ng | justifying, testifying. |
| 6 | -t u f ī' i ng | certifying, fortifying, gratifying, identifying, notifying, quantifying, ratifying, rectifying, stultifying. |
| 5 | -u f ī' i ng | amplifying, clarifying, classifying, codifying, disqualifying, diversifying, edifying, electrifying, exemplifying, falsifying, gentrifying, glorifying, horrifying, intensifying, magnifying, modifying, mummifying, nullifying, oversimplifying, purifying, qualifying, reclassifying, signifying, simplifying, solidifying, specifying, terrifying, unifying, verifying. |
| 4 | -f ī' i ng | satisfying, unsatisfying. |
| 3 | -ī' i ng | multiplying, occupying, outlying. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-i-i-m-n-s-t-y-y" | |
-2 letters: stimying, stymying. | |
-3 letters: fisting, misting, mystify, sifting, signify, smiting, timings. | |
-4 letters: ignify, minify, misfit, siting, stingy, stying, timing. | |
-5 letters: finis, gifts, intis, mingy, minis, mints, minty, misty, mitis, nifty, stimy, sting, stymy, tings, tying, tyiyn. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-i-i-m-n-s-t-y-y" | |
+2 letters: demystifying, mystifyingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 79 73 74 69 66 79 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- -.--. ... - .. ..-. -.--. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01111001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100110 01111001 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M y s t i f y i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0079 0073 0074 0069 0066 0079 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47918586757291758073 |
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