Word Meanings - CONFUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Mixed; confounded. Baret.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONFUSE)
- Abash
- Confound
- confuse
- discompose
- bewilder
- daunt
- cow
- humble
- disconcert
- dishearten
- motility
- shame
- humiliate
- Agglomerate
- Accumulate
- conglomerate
- lump
- agglutinate
- entangle
- heap
- amalgamate
- Bewilder
- Daze
- dazzle
- confound
- mystify
- puzzle
- embarrass
- astonish
- perplex
- mislead
- Confuse
- disorder
- trouble
- disarrange
- intermix
- abash
- astound
- obscure
- stupefy
- mix
- blend
- intermingle
- Dazzle
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CONFUSE)
- Reveal
- make known
- discover
- Enlighten
- instruct
- illumine
- Compose
- calm
- allay
- appease
- please
- soothe
- delight
- gratify
- recreate
- entertain
- relieve
- refresh
Related words: (words related to CONFUSE)
- PUZZLEMENT
The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford. - CONFOUNDED
1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott. - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - PUZZLE
1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle. - ASTONISH
étonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. The very cramp-fish . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland. 2. To strike with sudden - SHAMEFAST
Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 . - TROUBLER
One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller. - OBSCURENESS
Obscurity. Bp. Hall. - OBSCURER
One who, or that which, obscures. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - PUZZLEDOM
The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley. - INSTRUCTRESS
A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson. - ACCUMULATE
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money. Syn. -- To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard. - DAUNTER
One who daunts. - ILLUMINER
One who, or that which, illuminates. - INTERMINGLE
To mingle or mix together; to intermix. Hooker. - ASTONISHING
Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n. - DISHEARTENMENT
Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits. - DAZZLEMENT
Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne. - BLEND
akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, 1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; - UNPERPLEX
To free from perplexity. Donne. - PREINSTRUCT
To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More. - BEDAZZLE
To dazzle or make dim by a strong light. "Bedazzled with the sun." Shak. - OVERTROUBLED
Excessively troubled. - CALABASH
Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + 1. The common gourd . 2. The fruit of the calabash tree. 3. A water dipper, bottle, backet, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd. Calabash tree. - DECOMPOSE
To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay. - UNDAUNTABLE
Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable. Bp. Hall.