embrouiller — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bamboozle verb To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
- flummox verb To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
- fluster verb To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
- muddle verb To mix things up in a confusing way, or to think in a confused, unclear manner.
- obfuscate verb To make something unclear or hard to understand, usually on purpose and in order to hide the truth.
Senses
embrouiller is used for these senses in English:
- bamboozle (transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
- flummox (transitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
- fluster To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
- muddle To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
- obfuscate To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
bamboozle — full definition
- verb To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
- verb To confuse, frustrate or perplex.
flummox — full definition
- verb To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
- verb To give in, to give up, to collapse.