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Word Meanings - CONFUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Mixed; confounded. Baret.

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  • 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.

 

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