confound
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(verb) mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" |
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Synonyms: confuse, mistake |
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Related Words: construe, interpret |
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(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" |
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Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
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Related Words: amaze, baffle, be, beat, bewilder, disorient, disorientate, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, stupify, trounce |
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