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mystification

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mys·ti·fi·ca·tion  (mst-f-kshn)
n.
1. The act or an instance of mystifying.
2. The fact or condition of being mystified.
3. Something intended to mystify.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mystification - confusion resulting from failure to understand
confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness, confusion - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"
2.mystification - something designed to mystify or bewilder
artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
3.mystification - the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
Translations
mystification [ˌmɪstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] N
1. (= mystery) → misterio m
why all the mystification?¿por qué tanto misterio?
2. (= confusion) → perplejidad f
my mystification increasedcreció mi perplejidad
mystification
n (= bafflement)Verwunderung f, → Verblüffung f; (= act of bewildering)Verwirrung f
mystification [ˌmɪstɪfɪˈkeɪʃn] n (bewilderment) → perplessità f inv


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MONTGOMERY interrupted my tangle of mystification and suspicion about one o'clock, and his grotesque attendant followed him with a tray bearing bread, some herbs and other eatables, a flask of whiskey, a jug of water, and three glasses and knives.
I determined to commence a series of covert insinuations, or innuendoes, about the oblong box--just to let him perceive, gradually, that I was NOT altogether the butt, or victim, of his little bit of pleasant mystification.
If it was easy to reflect, however, that such a boy could postpone school, it was at least as marked that for such a boy to have been "kicked out" by a schoolmaster was a mystification without end.
 
 
 
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