Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mystifying

/mˈɪstəfˌaɪɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
mys-ti-fy-ing
IPA
/mˈɪstəfˌaɪɪŋ/
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very hard to understand; baffling.

verb

present participle and gerund of mystify

Inflected Forms

more mystifying (comparative) most mystifying (superlative)

Derived Forms

mystifyingly unmystifying

Synonyms

fathomless cryptic cryptical deep inscrutable mysterious

Questions

How do you pronounce mystifying?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɪstəfˌaɪɪŋ/.
What does mystifying mean?
Very hard to understand; baffling.

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