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verwarren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • befuddle verb To make someone feel confused or unable to think straight.
  • bemuse verb To make someone feel puzzled or confused.
  • boggle verb To overwhelm or bewilder the mind, especially with something surprising or hard to grasp.
  • confound verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
  • confuse verb To make someone unable to understand or think clearly.
  • disarray noun A state of disorder or confusion.
  • disconcert verb To make someone feel suddenly unsettled or startled.
  • entangle verb To twist or wind things together so tightly that they become hard to separate.
  • flummox verb To leave someone completely confused or baffled.
  • jolt verb To shake or push something abruptly and roughly.
  • muddle verb To mix things up in a confusing way, or to think in a confused, unclear manner.
  • puzzle verb To confuse or mystify someone.
  • tangle verb To twist together into a knotted, confused mass.
  • unhinge verb To lift a door or window off its hinges.
  • upset adj Unhappy, distressed, or annoyed.

Senses

verwarren is used for these senses in English:

  • befuddle (transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
  • bemuse (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
  • boggle (transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
  • confound To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
  • confuse (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
  • confuse (transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
  • confuse (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
  • disarray (transitive) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

befuddle — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel confused or unable to think straight.
  2. verb To make someone dazed or unsteady, especially through drink.

bemuse — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel puzzled or confused.
  2. verb To find something funny, often in a mocking way.
  3. verb To dedicate something to the Muses, the goddesses of the arts.
  4. verb To make someone drunk.
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