English
[edit]Verb
[edit]Sense: to render someone less able to understand
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- addle
- baffle
- lose [⇒ thesaurus]
- stick [⇒ thesaurus]
- stump
- baffound
- bamboozle
- bedevil
- befuddle
- throw [⇒ thesaurus]
- bemuse
- bewilder
- bumfuzzle
- complicate [⇒ thesaurus]
- confound
- confuddle (slang)
- confuse
- confuzzle (slang, childish)
- dazzle
- discombobulate
- disconcert
- blind
- dumbfound
- ferhoodle
- flabagast
- flabbergast
- flabbergaster
- flurry
- fluster
- flummox
- fuddle
- jumble
- knot (obsolete)
- mix up
- perplex
- puzzle
Antonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Various
[edit]- blur
- conflate
- leave speechless
- flabbergast
- —
- throw somebody for a loop
- throw somebody a curve
- be at a loss for words
- to get turned around
- get one's wires crossed (actually "to get confused")
- have one's wires crossed (actually "to get confused")
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “61. derangement” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “confuse” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.