confuse
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(verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate" |
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Synonyms: blur, obscure |
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Related Words: alter, change, muddy |
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Antonyms: clarify |
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(verb) make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse" |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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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, confound, 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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(verb) cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
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Synonyms: consternate, disconcert, flurry, put off |
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Related Words: abash, bother, deflect, distract, draw away, embarrass, fluster |
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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: confound, mistake |
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Related Words: construe, interpret |
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(verb) assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" |
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Synonyms: jumble, mix up |
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Related Words: addle, assemble, muddle, piece, puddle, put together, set up |
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