vverb.emotioncause to be confused emotionallySynset:bemuse bewilder discombobulate throw
Derivationally Related Form:discombobulationbemusement
Hypernyms:discomfit discompose disconcert untune upset
Inherited Hypernyms:bewilderupsetarousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: bewilder, throw) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: bewilder, throw, discombobulate, bemuse) | The good news will --- her (apply to: bewilder, throw, discombobulate, bemuse)
vverb.cognitionbe confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearlySynset:bedevil befuddle confound confuse discombobulate fox fuddle throw
Examples:- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
Derivationally Related Form:discombobulationbefuddlementconfusion
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:confusebe
Direct Hyponyms:amazebafflebeatbewilderdemoralizedisorientdisorientatedumbfoundflummoxgetgravelmystifynonplusperplexposepuzzlestickstupefyvex
Full Troponyms:beggardefydemoralizedisorienteludeperplexriddlestump
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: bedevil, confound)
adj satadj.allhaving self-possession upset; thrown into confusionSynset:disconcerted
Examples:- the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand
- looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted - G.B.Shaw
Antonyms:composed
Inherited Hypernyms:discombobulated
Similar to:discomposed