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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | puzzling |
| Synonyms: | baffling, befuddling, bewildering, blurring, complex, complicated, confounding, difficult, disconcerting, disorienting, involved, mystifying, perplexing, unsettling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | clear, orderly, reassuring |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up; involve |
| Synonyms: | bedlamize, blend, clutter, confound, disarrange, disarray, discombobulate, discreate, disorder, disorganize, embroil, encumber, entangle, intermingle, involve, jumble, litter, mess up*, mingle, mistake, muddle, muss up, rumple, snarl up, tangle, tousle, tumble |
| Antonyms: | order, organize, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | baffling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | puzzling |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, bewildering, beyond one, confusing, difficult to understand, enigmatic, hard to understand, incomprehensible, mystifying, over one's head, perplexing, unclear, unfathomable |
| Antonyms: | clear, comprehensible |
| Main Entry: | devious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crooked; indirect |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, bending, circuitous, confounding, confusing, curving, detouring, deviating, digressing, digressory, diverting, errant, erratic, excursive, flexuous, misleading, obscure, out-of-the-way, rambling, remote, removed, roundabout, serpentine, straying, tortuous, twisting, wandering |
| Antonyms: | direct, straight |
| Main Entry: | difficult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated; hard to comprehend |
| Synonyms: | abstract, abstruse, baffling, bewildering, complex, confounding, confusing, dark, deep, delicate, enigmatic, enigmatical, entangled, esoteric, formidable, hard to explain, hard to solve, hidden, inexplicable, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, loose, meandering, mysterious, mystical, mystifying, nice, obscure, obstinate, paradoxical, perplexing, problematical, profound, puzzling, rambling, subtle, tangled, thorny, ticklish, troublesome, unclear, unfathomable, unintelligible, vexing |
| Antonyms: | easy, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated |
| Main Entry: | embarrassing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humiliating, shaming |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bewildering, compromising, confusing, delicate, difficult, disagreeable, discomfiting, discommoding, discommodious, disconcerting, distracting, distressing, disturbing, equivocal, exasperating, impossible, incommodious, inconvenient, inopportune, mortifying, perplexing, puzzling, rattling, sensitive, shameful, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, troublesome, troubling, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpropitious, unseemly, upsetting, worrisome |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, unshameful |
| Main Entry: | involved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated |
| Synonyms: | Byzantine, Gordian, complex, confusing, convoluted, difficult, elaborate, high-tech, intricate, knotty, labyrinthine, mazy, muddled, ramified, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, winding |
| Antonyms: | easy, simple, uncomplicated |
| Main Entry: | obscure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not easily understood |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, clear as mud, complicated, concealed, confusing, cryptic, dark, deep, dim, doubtful, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, far-out, hazy, hidden, illegible, illogical, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, intricate, involved, mysterious, occult, opaque, recondite, unaccountable, unbelievable, unclear, undefined, unfathomable, unintelligible, vague |
| Antonyms: | apparent, clear, explicit, obvious, perceptible, understood |
| Main Entry: | perplexing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand |
| Synonyms: | baffling, beyond one, complicated, confusing, convoluted, disconcerting, impenetrable, intricate, involved, knotty, mind-bending, mysterious, mystifying, paradoxical, puzzling, taxing, thorny, worrying |
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