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mix up
| Main Entry: |
mix up
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | addle, befuddle, bewilder, confound, derange, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, distract, disturb, dizzy, fluster, foul up, jumble, mess up*, mistake, muddle, perplex, puzzle, snafu, upset |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain, explicate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex |
| Synonyms: | addle, amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump, stun, throw |
| Antonyms: | clear up, enlighten, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | befuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | addle, baffle, ball up, bewilder, bother, daze, disorient, distract, dumbfound, fluster, inebriate, intoxicate, make punchy, mix up, muddle, puzzle, shake, stupefy, throw off |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | bewilder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | addle, baffle, ball up, befuddle, bemuse, confound, daze, disconcert, distract, floor*, fluster, mess with one's head, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snow*, stump, stupefy, throw, upset |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain, orient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement or fight, often brief |
| Synonyms: | affray, argument, battle, brawl, break, broil, brush, bump, collision, concussion, conflict, confrontation, crash, difference of opinion, discord, discordance, disharmony, dispute, donnybrook, embroilment, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, have a go at each other, impact, jam, jar, jolt, jump, melee, misunderstanding, mix up, opposition, rift, riot, row, rumpus, run-in, rupture, scrap, scrimmage, set-to, shock, showdown, skirmish, smash, wallop |
| Main Entry: | complicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, make difficult |
| Synonyms: | add fuel to fire, bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up, handicap, impede, infold, interfuse, interrelate, interweave, involve, jumble, make intricate, make waves, mix up, muck up, muddle, multiply, obscure, open can of worms, perplex, ravel, render unintelligible, screw up, snafu, snag, snarl up, tangle, twist, upset |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, make simple, untangle |
| Main Entry: | confound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | abash, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, befog, bewilder, blend, bug*, commingle, confute, discombobulate, discomfit, discountenance, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, fiddle, flabbergast, jumble, metagrobolize, misidentify, mix, mix up, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, rattle, screw up, startle, surprise, throw* |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain, make clear, relate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
| Synonyms: | addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | disarrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder |
| Synonyms: | derange, discompose, disturb, get out of order, jumble, mess, mix up, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, unsettle, untidy |
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