{
  "mystification":{
    "a state of mental uncertainty":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "the new information did little to ease our mystification"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "assurance",
        "certainty",
        "certitude",
        "confidence",
        "conviction",
        "positiveness",
        "sureness"
      ],
      "related":[
        "abashment",
        "discomfiture",
        "disconcertment",
        "embarrassment",
        "mortification",
        "agitation",
        "chagrin",
        "discomfort",
        "dismay",
        "disquiet",
        "distress",
        "disturbance",
        "perturbation",
        "upset",
        "bother",
        "commotion",
        "dither",
        "flurry",
        "fluster",
        "fuss",
        "stew",
        "turmoil"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bafflement",
        "bamboozlement",
        "befuddlement",
        "bemusement",
        "bewilderedness",
        "bewilderment",
        "confusedness",
        "confusion",
        "discombobulation",
        "distraction",
        "fog",
        "head-scratching",
        "maze",
        "muddle",
        "perplexity",
        "puzzlement",
        "tangle",
        "whirl"
      ]
    },
    "something hard to understand or explain":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "an event that is one of the great mystifications in all of maritime history"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "brainteaser",
        "case",
        "challenge",
        "knot",
        "matter",
        "perplexity",
        "poser",
        "problem",
        "stumper",
        "trouble"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "closed book",
        "conundrum",
        "enigma",
        "head-scratcher",
        "mystery",
        "puzzle",
        "puzzlement",
        "riddle",
        "secret",
        "why"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}