To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.
1. To make confused; puzzle, bewilder
2. To occupy the attention of; distract, absorb
3. To cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement
To cause to be confused emotionally; SYN. bemuse, discombobulate, throw.
1. To be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; SYN. throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate.
2. To cause to feel embarrassment; SYN. flurry, consternate, disconcert, put off.
3. To make unclear or incomprehensible.
4. To make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; SYN. blur, obscure.
To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane. SYN. To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.
1. To destroy the arrangment or order of.
2. To disturb the arrangement of.
Upset, confuse
1. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
2. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion.
ETYM French échevelé disheveled, from dis + Old Fren. chevel hair.
1. To spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.
2. To spread loosely or disorderly.
To draw someone's attention away from something; SYN. deflect, draw away.
To cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious; SYN. abash.
1. To be flustered; behave in a confused manner.
2. To cause to be flustered or consternated.
1. To booze, tipple
2. To make drunk; intoxicate
3. To make confused; muddle
1. To contain as a part
2. To engage as a participant
3. To make complex or intricate or complicated
4. To connect closely and often incriminatingly; SYN. affect, regard.
5. To occupy or engage the interest of
6. To wrap
1. To make turbid or muddy
2. To befog or stupefy especially with liquor
3. To mix confusedly
4. To make a mess of; bungle
5. To think or act in a confused aimless way
6. To make into a puddle; SYN. puddle.
1. To make unable to grasp something clearly or to think logically and decisively about something
2. To make intricate or involved; complicate
3. To be a mystery or bewildering to:; SYN. get a puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound, trounce.