throw+into+disorder+or+confusion

  • 41disorient — I verb abash, baffle, befuddle, bewilder, confound, dement, derange, disarrange, discompose, disconcert, dislocate, dislodge, disorder, disorganize, distract, disturb, fluster, impair, invert, make havoc, misdirect, mislay, mislead, misplace,… …

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  • 42upset — I. verb ( set; setting) Date: 1677 transitive verb 1. to thicken and shorten (as a heated bar of iron) by hammering on the end ; swage 2. to force out of the usual upright, level, or proper position ; overturn 3. a …

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  • 43disarrange — v. a. Disorder, unsettle, derange, disturb, put out of order, throw into disorder, throw into confusion …

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  • 44confound — Synonyms and related words: abash, accurse, addle, adulterate, alloy, amaze, anathematize, answer, answer conclusively, appall, argue down, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, baffle, balk, ball up, bamboozle, beat, bedaze, bedazzle, befog,… …

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  • 45clutter — I. n. 1. Bustle, clatter, clattering, racket, confused noise. 2. Confused mass, disorder, disarray, confusion. II. v. a. Disarrange, throw into disorder, lumber, fill full of confused materials, heap into disorder …

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  • 46litter — n 1. rubbish, scattered rubbish, refuse, debris, junk, trash, motley collection; tumble, tangle, shreds, odds and ends, hodgepodge, hash, mishmash, muddle, rummage; ollapodrida, Inf. stew, Inf.Duke s mixture, accumulation. 2. disorder, untidiness …

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  • 47muss — n 1.Informal. disorder, disorderliness, disarray, disarrangement, disorganization; dishevelment, untidiness, clutter, mess, heap, huddle; hash, hodgepodge, mishmash, jumble, scramble, tangle; confusion, muddle, Inf. guddle, imbroglio;… …

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  • 48derange — 1776, throw into confusion, from Fr. déranger, from O.Fr. desrengier disarrange, throw into disorder, from des do the opposite of (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + O.Fr. rengier (Mod.Fr. ranger) to put into line, from reng line, row, from a Germanic source… …

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  • 49Derange — De*range , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deranged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deranging}.] [F. d[ e]ranger; pref. d[ e] = d[ e]s (L. dis) + ranger to range. See {Range}, and cf. {Disarrange}, {Disrank}.] 1. To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the… …

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  • 50Deranged — Derange De*range , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deranged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deranging}.] [F. d[ e]ranger; pref. d[ e] = d[ e]s (L. dis) + ranger to range. See {Range}, and cf. {Disarrange}, {Disrank}.] 1. To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb… …

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