perplex+confound
41maze — I. n. 1. Labyrinth, meander, intricacy, winding course. 2. Intricacy, perplexity, bewilderment, embarrassment, uncertainty, mizmaze. II. v. a. Bewilder, amaze, confuse, perplex confound …
42stumble — I. v. a. 1. Obstruct, trip, cause to stumble. 2. Perplex, confound, puzzle, nonplus, confuse, embarrass, pose. II. v. n. 1. Trip, miss one s footing, make a false step. 2. Err, do wrong. III. n. 1 …
43dismay — vb Dismay, appall, horrify, daunt mean to unnerve and check or deter by arousing fear, apprehension, or aversion. Dismay suggests a loss of power to proceed either because a prospect is terrifying or disheartening, or, more often, because one is… …
44bother — v 1. pester, hector, harass, Sl. bug, Sl. hassle, Sl. drive [s.o.] nuts or crazy or bananas, Sl. drive [s.o.] up a wall; hound, dog, nag, pick on, pick at, be on [s.o. s] back, Inf. give [s.o.] a hard time, Sl. ride; torment, taunt, bedevil,… …
45daze — v 1. amaze, astonish, astound, boggle, stagger, startle, surprise, overpower, Inf. bowl over, Inf. floor, Sl. blow one away, Sl. blow one s mind; stun, stupefy, petrify, paralyze, benumb, dumfound, strike dumb; dazzle, blind. 2. confuse, bewilder …
46embroil — v 1. trouble, disturb, agitate, vex, rankle, discompose, discommode; rouse, ferment, ruffle, unsettle, upset; estrange, disunite, split up, set at variance or odds, pit one against another, set at sixes and sevens. 2. confuse, perplex, confound,… …
47involve — v 1. imply, entail, signify, insinuate, suggest, mean, admit; denote, betoken, connote, spell; represent, symbolize, typify, epitomize; indicate, refer to, allude to, designate. 2. include, contain, comprehend, comprise; embrace, hold, encompass …
48trouble — v 1. worry, alarm, upset, agitate, shake up, distress, concern; perturb, disturb, disquiet, discompose, discountenance, fluster, flutter, flurry, distract, unsettle, put out; confuse, bewilder, baffle, perplex, confound. 2. inconvenience, burden …
49floor — [n] bottom of a room; level of a multistory building basement, boards, canvas, carpet, cellar, deck, downstairs, flat, flooring, ground, landing, lowest point, mat, mezzanine, nadir, rug, stage, story, tier, upstairs; concept 440 Ant. ceiling… …
50stumble — [stum′bəl] vi. stumbled, stumbling [ME stumblen < Scand, as in Norw dial. stumba, ON stumra < IE base * stem , to bump against, hamper > STAMMER, Ger stumm, Du stom, mute] 1. to trip or miss one s step in walking, running, etc. 2. to… …
