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Present participle for to cause bewilderment or astonishment in someone

Present participle for to demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

Present participle for to disturb the composure of

Present participle for to wrongly interpret or identify something

Present participle for to throw into disorder

Present participle for to frustrate or foil, especially the hopes or expectations of someone

(beggar belief) Present participle for to defy or be beyond that which can be believed

Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

Present participle for to be victorious over

Present participle for to administer wrongly or badly

Present participle for to make worse or more severe

Confusing or puzzling

Strange or difficult to comprehend

Inspiring astonishment or wonder

Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression

The state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something

An instance of misunderstanding

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Verb

Present participle for to cause bewilderment or astonishment in someone

discombobulating

knocking for six

knocking sideways

leaving open-mouthed

setting someone thinking

taking by surprise

stopping someone in their tracks

catching off balance

making someone scratch their head

boggling the mind

causing to be at a stand

knocking the stuffing out of

blowing your mind

thunderstriking

going to your head

taking your breath away

rendering speechless

bringing up short

throwing off balance

knocking for a loop

messing with one's head

muddying the waters

making difficult

making more difficult

making difficulties

hitting like a ton of bricks

boggling the mind of

distracting from

making your head spin

putting one away

knocking over with feather

throwing a curve

setting hurdles

filling with wonder

filling with amazement

putting at a loss

knocking senseless

throwing into a tizzy

throwing for loop

taking the wind out of your sails

striking with awe

causing to lose your bearings

bringing around

making speechless

throwing for a loop

leaving speechless

putting out of action

making emotional

sweeping someone off their feet

hitting for six

making a mess of

rendering uncertain

misrepresenting

throwing up smoke screen

clouding the issue

throwing a veil over

muddying the waters of

opening can of worms

rendering unintelligible

making complicated

making intricate

adding fuel to fire

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“Theology can confound us with theories too ingenious to disprove.”

Verb

Present participle for to demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

shooting full of holes

blowing sky-high

giving the lie to

blowing out of the water

making a nonsense of

driving a coach and horses through

shooting down in flames

showing to be false

calling into question

proving to be false

knocking the bottom out of

poking holes in

blowing sky high

proving unsound

bringing to naught

putting an end to

flying in the face of

showing in its true light

finding unfounded

proving to be wrong

showing to be wrong

knocking bottom out of

shooting holes in

knocking props out

poking full of holes

putting under suspicion

casting doubt on

raising doubts about

disagreeing with

declaring untrue

calling in question

taking issue with

dissenting from

protesting against

taking exception to

arguing against

disacknowledging

wondering about

having bone to pick

conflicting with

running counter to

picking holes in

putting paid to

proving impossible

refusing to accept

cutting down to size

saying the opposite of

rendering null and void

setting straight

throwing light on

contending over

quibbling about

agitating against

putting up argument

dissenting against

hammering away at

complaining about

finding fault with

giving thumbs down to

bandying words concerning

picking an argument with

arguing the pros and cons of

declaring to be untrue

having an argument about

taking a stand against

demurring against

demurring about

disapproving of

casting doubt upon

feeling uneasy about

having reservations about

harbouring suspicions about

throwing doubt on

having hesitations about

casting aspersions on

expressing reservations about

harbouring reservations about

expressing suspicions about

having suspicions about

raising objections to

entertaining doubts about

backpedaling^US

backpedalling^UK

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“Then you distort that in some way, and so confound the reader's expectation.”

Verb

Present participle for to disturb the composure of

discountenancing

throwing off balance

discombobulating

demoralizing^US

putting someone off their stroke

demoralising^UK

putting out of countenance

putting someone off their stride

putting into a flap

throwing into a tizz

catching off balance

setting someone back on their heels

destabilizing^US

causing someone to lose their composure

giving a hard time

destabilising^UK

making uncomfortable

putting the wind up

making someone scratch their head

making self-conscious

causing to be at a stand

throwing into a tizzy

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

putting on edge

rattling one's cage

sending into a spin

inconveniencing

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

catching unawares

taking the wind out of your sails

knocking off balance

hurting somebody's feelings

giving someone grief

rocking the boat

getting someone

getting on your wick

taking by surprise

stopping someone in their tracks

making a monkey of

putting in a spot

giving a bad time

catching one short

putting in a hole

putting on the spot

upsetting the applecart

driving you out of your mind

doing a number on

arousing anxiety in

making miserable

pushing buttons

causing anguish to

making wretched

causing suffering to

making it tough for

knocking for six

knocking sideways

filling with consternation

making despondent

weighing heavily on

breaking one's heart

putting a damper on

dampening spirits

bringing tears to your eyes

making someone fed up

giving someone the blues

knocking the stuffing out of

scaring to death

striking terror into

dampening the spirits of

curdling the blood

chilling to the bone

reducing to tears

making teeth chatter

making discontented

putting into a funk

making one's hair stand on end

making one's blood run cold

casting a gloom upon

breaking someone's heart

making desolate

taking the wind out

scaring the daylights out of

casting a gloom on

dashing the hopes of

bearing down on

causing disquiet to

shattering the illusions of

knocking the wind out of

bringing down to earth

harshing one's mellow

casting a pall over

breaking the heart of

cutting to the quick

filling with fear

scaring witless

making downhearted

scaring the pants off

getting on your nerves

having had enough

trying the patience of

losing patience

scaring the bejesus out of

giving someone goose pimples

harshing someone's mellow

turning on the heat

scaring someone out of their wits

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

chilling to the marrow

scaring the living daylights out of

putting the fear of God into

freezing your blood

getting the wind up

throwing into a blue funk

causing to lose heart

taking the heart out of

throwing into a fright

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

scaring someone half to death

making someone jump out of their skin

giving someone the hump

puncturing balloon

arousing sympathy

letting wind out of sails

tugging at the heart

taking down a peg or two

letting down easy

cutting down to size

tugging at your heartstrings

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“In addition to cherishing his cat, contriving to confound his parents with the latest internet conspiracy theories, and cohabitating with his phone, he's also taken to Karaoke.”

Verb

Present participle for to wrongly interpret or identify something

misunderstanding

misapprehending

misinterpreting

miscomprehending

taking something amiss

putting a wrong interpretation on

getting the wrong idea

getting the wrong end of the stick

getting the wrong idea about

getting it wrong

receiving a false impression

getting hold of the wrong end of the stick

misrepresenting

not registering

missing the point

getting the wrong impression

taking something the wrong way

getting signals crossed

getting wrong impression

getting signals mixed

estimating wrongly

judging incorrectly

misinterpreting as

getting your lines crossed about

getting the wrong impression about

failing to understand

failing to appreciate

underestimating

having wrong impression

getting a false impression of

making a wrong interpretation of

taking out of context

getting your wires crossed

getting your lines crossed

miscategorizing

mischaracterizing

wrongly diagnosing

confounding with

incorrectly diagnosing

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“I have embarrassingly managed to confound the two actors by virtue of their last names.”

Verb

Present participle for to throw into disorder

turning topsy-turvy

making a shambles of

putting out of order

turning upside down

putting in disarray

throwing into chaos

throwing into disorder

throwing into confusion

making a mess of

throwing into disarray

getting out of order

interfering with

getting into a tangle

discombobulating

changing the order

breaking the deck

bringing into disorder

making disorderly

playing havoc with

putting out of place

destabilizing^US

bringing into disarray

throwing into a state of disorganization

reorganizing^US

destabilising^UK

reorganising^UK

throwing into uproar

turning inside-out

causing confusion in

causing turmoil in

muddying the waters

rattling one's cage

upsetting the applecart

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

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“But to make that inference the source of my knowledge of the reality is to reason backwards, to confound the order of thought with the order of things.”

Verb

Present participle for to frustrate or foil, especially the hopes or expectations of someone

putting the kibosh on

wreaking havoc with

interfering with

short-circuiting

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

giving the run around

throwing a monkey wrench into

putting paid to

cramping one's style

putting on back burner

putting on hold

putting a stop to

putting the mockers on

giving the slip

upsetting the applecart

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

putting the stopper on

cooking someone's goose

taking wind out of

nipping in the bud

halting in its tracks

throwing monkey wrench in

throwing a monkey wrench in the works

neutralizing^US

neutralising^UK

standing in the way of

taking the wind out of your sails

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Verb

(beggar belief) Present participle for to defy or be beyond that which can be believed

Verb

Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

neutralising^UK

neutralizing^US

counterplotting

putting a stop to

putting paid to

nipping in the bud

putting the kibosh on

putting the stopper on

getting the better of

putting the mockers on

causing setback

standing in the way of

upsetting the applecart

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

taking wind out of sails

putting an end to

putting the lid on

putting a brake on

dashing one's hope

cramping one's style

giving the run around

rendering null and void

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Verb

Present participle for to be victorious over

triumphing over

prevailing over

winning against

bringing someone to their knees

getting the better of

succeeding over

blowing out of the water

bringing to knees

walking all over

giving someone a drubbing

giving someone a hiding

making mincemeat of

putting someone in their place

running rings around

wiping the floor with

taking to the cleaners

trampling underfoot

wiping off the map

Verb

Present participle for to administer wrongly or badly

maladministering

making a mess of

making a muck of

making a Horlicks of

making a nonsense of

making a hash of

making a pig's ear of

doing something badly

dropping the ball

making a dog's dinner of

putting a spanner in the works

falling flat on face with

misconjecturing

making a botch of

pulling a boner

making a mistake

losing the handle

handling awkwardly

failing to catch

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Verb

Present participle for to make worse or more severe

making matters worse

fanning the flames of

feeding the fire

adding fuel to the flames

adding fuel to the fire

rubbing salt in the wound

adding insult to injury

Adjective

Confusing or puzzling

difficult to understand

incomprehensible

thought-provoking

full of twists and turns

beyond one's grasp

hard to explain

above your head

beyond comprehension

over one's head

hard to understand

as clear as mud

beyond understanding

impossible to understand

clear as dishwater

uncomprehensible

full of surprises

uninterpretable

not easily understood

without a solution

unable to be solved

all Greek to someone

too hard to understand

too difficult to understand

impossible to separate

all Greek to you

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Adjective

Strange or difficult to comprehend

incomprehensible

out of the ordinary

hard to swallow

hard to believe

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Adjective

Inspiring astonishment or wonder

incomprehensible

out of this world

out of the ordinary

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

out-of-this-world

too good to be true

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

state-of-the-art

attention-grabbing

thought-provoking

like a dream come true

better than expected

never to be forgotten

surpassing belief

beyond the realm of reason

beyond one's wildest dreams

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Adjective

Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression

misrepresentative

unstraightforward

without foundation

unsubstantiated

economical with the truth

wide of the mark

phantasmagorical

contrary to fact

seemingly correct

terminologically inexact

not trustworthy

plausible but wrong

apparently right

phantasmagorial

phantasmagorian

on the wrong track

out of commission

out of this world

not backed up by evidence

not what it is cracked up to be

to all intents and purposes

inconsequential

off the right track

open to question

not thinking straight

wrongly inferred

wrongly identified

barking up wrong tree

labouring under a misapprehension

barking up the wrong tree

counterintuitive

self-contradictory

not making sense

beyond the bounds of possibility

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Noun

The state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something

discombobulation

demoralisation^UK

demoralization^US

misunderstanding

head-scratching

incomprehension

apprehensiveness

egg on one's face

mental fogginess

one for the books

dumbfoundedness

not understanding

lack of comprehension

self-consciousness

being bewildered

flabbergastment

nervous excitement

state of confusion

state of bewilderment

state of disorientation

mental unclarity

lack of understanding

mental distress

state of stupefaction

trancelike state

dissatisfaction

temporary insanity

temporary madness

state of agitation

bolt from the blue

state of perturbation

source of consternation

kick in the teeth

source of distress

a bolt out of the blue

source of amazement

a bolt from the blue

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Noun

An instance of misunderstanding

misinterpretation

misunderstanding

misapprehension

misconstruction

incomprehension

false impression

misappreciation

miscommunication

mistaken belief

wrong end of the stick

false interpretation

erroneous belief

incredulousness

miscomprehension

misidentification

not understanding

failure to understand

missing the point

not getting the point

mistaken impression

faulty reasoning

unsound argument

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