mystify

To confuse or bewilder. synonym: perplex.

To make obscure or mysterious.

To perplex purposely; play on the credulity of; bewilder; befog.

To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand.

To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of; to baffle.

to thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder

be a mystery or bewildering to

make mysterious