mystificatory
- adjective
- /ˌmɪstɪfɪˈkeɪtəri/
- Formal
:
misticatorio
- The instructions were so mystificatory that I couldn't follow them.
Examples
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Some politicians use mystificatory language to avoid giving direct answers.
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The professor's mystificatory explanations left many students feeling lost.
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The film's plot was so mystificatory that few viewers understood its meaning.
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This is mystificatory!
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The professor's mystificatory explanations left many students feeling lost.
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Some politicians use mystificatory language to avoid giving direct answers.
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The film's plot was so mystificatory that few viewers understood its meaning.
Synonyms
498
5.1
Hard to understand or explain because it seems strange
276
3.2
Hard to understand and makes people feel unsure
43
8.1
Hard to understand because it seems secret or mysterious
27
8.1
Hard to understand and often seems mysterious
16
6.7
Making people feel confused because it is hard to understand
8
8.8
Too hard to read or understand
7
7.3
Causing someone to feel confused
1
7.7
Making people confused and things hard to understand
1
9.3
Making something hard to understand on purpose to hide the truth
1
8.2
Not possible to understand or explain
Hard to understand because it has a hidden meaning
Said or written in a puzzling, mysterious way
Making something hard to understand or follow
Strange and hard to understand, giving a feeling of mystery
Hard to understand because it is mysterious and unclear
Antonyms
How Obscuring
Surface Forms
Morphology
mystificatory = mystify (transparent) = mystific + atory
Formed from the verb 'mystify' with the adjectival suffix '-atory', meaning 'tending to or serving to mystify', which is directly inferable by learners.
Etymology
Mystificatory comes from the same root as mystery and mystify, words that carry the idea 'secret' or 'to make mysterious'. So a mystificatory explanation is meant to make something seem mysterious or 'to confuse' people on purpose.