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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beat, bewilder, buffalo, confound, discomfit, disconcert, distress, disturb, embarrass, mystify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, puzzle, stick*, stump, upset |
| Antonyms: | understand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mix up |
| 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: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, disorganize |
| Synonyms: | addle, befuddle, bewilder, blunder, botch, bungle, clutter, complicate, confound, daze, derange, disarrange, discombobulate, disorder, disorient, disturb, entangle, fluster, foul, foul up, jumble, louse up, make a mess of, mess, misarrange, mix, mix up, muck, mumble, murmur, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out, rattle, ravel, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, snafu, snarl, spoil, stir up, stumble, stupefy, tangle, throw, throw off, tumble |
| Antonyms: | clear up, educate, enlighten, explain, explicate, order, organize |
| Main Entry: | mystify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder, confuse |
| Synonyms: | baffle, bamboozle*, beat*, befog, buffalo, confound, deceive, elude, escape, floor*, fog in, hoodwink*, lick*, lie, perplex, puzzle, stump, throw*, trick |
| Antonyms: | clear up, enlighten, explain, explicate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obfuscate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | baffle, becloud, befuddle, bewilder, cloud, complicate, conceal, confound, darken, fog, fuddle, muddle, obscure, perplex, puzzle, rattle |
| Main Entry: | perturb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, unsettle |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alarm, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug*, confound, confuse, disarrange, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, disorder, disquiet, disturb, flurry, fluster, irritate, make a scene, make waves, muddle, needle, perplex, pester, ruffle, stir up, trouble, vex, worry |
| Notes: | disturb is based on Latin turba 'tumult' and disturb applies better to physical agitation and perturb to mental agitation |
| Antonyms: | calm, please, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | puzzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | baffle, confuse |
| Synonyms: | addle, amaze, bamboozle*, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, complicate, confound, discombobulate, disconcert, distract, disturb, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, flummox, foil, frustrate, get to, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, pose, profundicate, psych out, put off, rattle, snow*, stir, stumble, stump, throw |
| Antonyms: | clarify, elucidate, explain, illustrate, unravel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rattle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disconcert, upset someone |
| Synonyms: | abash, addle, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, discountenance, distract, disturb, embarrass, faze, flummox, frighten, get to, muddle, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out, put off, put out, put out of countenance, rattle one's cage, scare, shake, throw, unnerve |
| Antonyms: | appease, placate, soothe |
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complicate, mess up |
| Synonyms: | confuse, embroil, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entwine, involve, muck, muddle, perplex, ravel, tangle |
| Antonyms: | fix, simplify, uncomplicate |
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