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  • 121mix up — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To cause to be unclear in mind or intent: addle, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, discombobulate, dizzy, fuddle, jumble, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle. Informal: throw. Idiom: make one s head reel (or… …

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  • 122confounded — as an intensive execration, odious, detestable, damned, 1650s, from pp. of CONFOUND (Cf. confound), in its older English sense of overthrow utterly …

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  • 123confused — early 14c., discomfited, routed, defeated (of groups), serving at first as an alternative pp. of CONFOUND (Cf. confound), as Latin confusus was the pp. of confundere to pour together, mix, mingle; to join together; hence, figuratively, to throw… …

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  • 124confusion — late 13c., overthrow, ruin, from O.Fr. confusion (11c.) disorder, confusion, shame, from L. confusionem (nom. confusio) a mingling, mixing, blending; confusion, disorder, noun of action from confundere to pour together, also to confuse (see… …

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  • 125confuse — v. a. 1. Mingle, intermingle, mix, blend, confound. 2. Disorder, disarrange, derange, disturb, jumble, throw into disorder or confusion. 3. Perplex, obscure, darken, render uncertain. 4. Mystify, embarrass, pose, nonplus, bewilder, flurry. 5.… …

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  • 126confuse — verb 1) don t confuse students with too much detail Syn: bewilder, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confound; informal flummox, faze, stump, fox, discombobulate, bedazzle Ant: enlighten 2) …

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  • 127confuse — 1 Confuse, muddle, addle, fuddle, befuddle mean to throw one out mentally so that one cannot think clearly or act intelligently. Confuse usually implies intense embarrassment or bewilderment {you confuse me, and how can I transact business if I… …

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  • 128paralyze — v 1. numb, benumb, dull, deaden, anesthetize, freeze, drug, obtund; immobilize, disable, incapacitate, make powerless, prostrate, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, cripple, lame, becripple. 2. shock, stagger, astound, astonish, stupefy, confound,… …

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