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To physically deform or misshape something
To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive
To misrepresent something, typically to deceive
To describe or express in too exaggerated terms
To bend and give way under pressure or strain
To mimic, typically humorously
To inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on
To break or destroy the structure of
To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve
To use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose
To simplify (something) so much that a distorted impression of it is given
To miscommunicate, distort, mangle or misstate information during verbal expression
To make unnecessarily complex
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
To interfere with or put into a state of disorder
To interpret erroneously, or to understand incorrectly
To interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of
To cause to go crazy or insane
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Verb
▲
To physically deform or misshape something
disfigure
deform
warp
contort
mangle
twist
buckle
misshape
malform
torture
screw
squinch
bend
gnarl
wrench
mangulate
angle
collapse
crush
curve
knot
splay
wrest
wring
mar
impair
spoil
damage
deface
blemish
ruin
injure
flaw
cripple
mutilate
maim
hurt
harm
endamage
scar
cross up
blight
vandalize
US
compromise
vitiate
defile
uglify
break
crab
vandalise
UK
crumple
wince
skew
batter
wreck
destroy
turn
screw up
bloody
tarnish
disfeature
make unattractive
bend out of shape
make ugly
pretzel
bow
blot
distort the shape of
make misshapen
wound
disfashion
despoil
mess up
make a mess of
be a blot on the landscape
foul up
louse up
wrinkle
trash
contract
total
strain
demolish
pucker
crunch
pull
fold
rumple
scrunch
crimp
crinkle
rimple
squash
furrow
mash
rick
sprain
sully
turn outwards
turn out
ruck up
dilapidate
crick
scratch
obliterate
dislocate
stretch
rack
tweak
dislodge
put out of joint
more ❯
“The heat is sufficient enough to
distort
the steel beams.”
Verb
▲
To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive
alter
manipulate
pervert
doctor
cook
change
twist
warp
fudge
garble
tamper with
interfere with
tinker with
falsify
misrepresent
slant
color
US
colour
UK
misstate
bend
misinterpret
misrelate
rig
misconstrue
fiddle
massage
corrupt
skew
misreport
confuse
adulterate
forge
fake
fiddle with
phony up
juggle
subvert
desecrate
alloy
cut
doctor up
transform
modify
rework
revamp
edit
amend
revise
disguise
trump up
meddle with
make changes to
make adjustments to
make alterations to
mess about with
belie
misquote
muddle
mistranslate
mangle
misrender
mislead
slur
jumble
obscure
blur
mix up
twist around
more ❯
“You appear to be trying to
distort
reality to fit your conclusion.”
Verb
▲
To misrepresent something, typically to deceive
misrepresent
bias
colour
UK
color
US
skew
bend
falsify
slant
disguise
misstate
misinterpret
belie
misreport
prejudice
fake
misrelate
spin
misquote
con
lie
deceive
mislead
snow
misconstrue
whitewash
quote out of context
put a spin on
take out of context
trump up
phony up
put the wrong slant on
pervert
warp
twist
cook
manipulate
fudge
doctor
garble
alter
change
tamper with
fix
rig
fiddle
influence
interfere with
massage
tinker with
fiddle with
juggle
modify
poison
transform
angle
contort
exaggerate
adulterate
forge
embroider
embellish
corrupt
debase
overstate
vitiate
weight
degrade
taint
amend
sway
defile
bastardize
US
contaminate
prepossess
give a false account of
bastardise
UK
meddle with
mess about with
fabricate
prevaricate
equivocate
confuse
muddle
palter
promote
mangle
mistranslate
demean
misrender
miscolor
abase
deprave
overdraw
cheapen
stretch
magnify
misattribute
debauch
spoil
dilute
affect
strain
profane
convert
foul
pollute
deteriorate
pad
demoralize
US
lessen
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
predispose
prostitute
canker
engineer
give a false idea of
finagle
weaken
orient
subvert
trick
turn
put words in someone's mouth
jaundice
impair
quote incorrectly
demoralise
UK
cook the books
make partial
weigh
mold
US
shape
mould
UK
tamper
patch
give a false impression of
cook up
flimflam
diddle
present
impact
condition
conceal
cloak
mask
dress
puff
overdo
dramatize
US
enhance
varnish
gerrymander
swindle
travesty
parody
twist someone's words
arrange
trim
rearrange
shuffle
disrupt
undercut
destabilize
US
destabilise
UK
hyperbolize
embitter
airbrush
blow smoke
pass off
cover up
build up
manipulate one's words
give a bias to
arrange fraudulently
throw
faze
upset
steer
romanticise
UK
dramatise
UK
romanticize
US
change round
injure
mar
perform magic
give a slant to
give a particular slant to
envenom
elaborate on
gloss over
mock up
make biased
induce
persuade
incline
make partisan
impress
dispose
lace
infect
sully
exert an influence on
have an effect on
metamorphose
putrefy
switch
devalue
disgrace
shame
adapt
fib
mutate
counterfeit
brutalize
US
bestialize
depreciate
gloss
transmute
deform
recast
mongrelize
brutalise
UK
deacon
make impure
hack
fake it
machinate
frame up
drag down
morph
exploit
finesse
cheat
circumvent
outmanoeuvre
UK
bilk
dupe
jockey
mastermind
bamboozle
wangle
scam
outmaneuver
US
defraud
find a loophole in
fudge with
exploit a loophole in
snooker
game
more ❯
“Our advertising must never attempt to
distort
the truth.”
Verb
▲
To describe or express in too exaggerated terms
exaggerate
overstate
embellish
magnify
embroider
overdo
overplay
amplify
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
inflate
hyperbolize
elaborate
colour
UK
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
expand
pad
heighten
color
US
overdraw
overstress
stretch
enlarge
fudge
boost
emphasise
UK
emphasize
US
overvalue
aggrandize
overestimate
catastrophize
falsify
misrepresent
misreport
intensify
oversell
exalt
fabricate
pyramid
lie
puff
boast
brag
misquote
overpitch
hike
romanticise
UK
romanticize
US
corrupt
up
overexaggerate
caricature
romance
scam
lay it on thick
build up
elaborate on
over-elaborate
make too much of something
pile it on
stretch the truth
put on
make a big thing of
add colour
make a federal case of
lay it on with a trowel
blow something out of all proportion
blow up out of all proportion
lay it on with a shovel
lay on
make a production out of
draw the longbow
make a mountain out of a molehill
shoot a line
cook up
blow out of proportion
go to extremes
loud talk
pile it on about
pretty up
lay it on thick about
big up
make a drama out of a crisis
lay it on with a trowel about
bend
blow up out of proportion
strain
enhance
augment
increase
blow up
ham it up
play up
accentuate
escalate
extend
deepen
overact
swell
strengthen
widen
aggravate
stress
touch up
make a big thing out of
multiply
melodramatize
gild
step up
overdramatize
belabour
UK
raise
belabor
US
dress up
redouble
compound
flesh out
overdo it
varnish
beef up
exacerbate
add to
point up
overrate
make a production of
maximize
US
intensate
advance
worsen
accelerate
rise
ham
maximise
UK
labor
US
labour
UK
hype
reinforce
accent
highlight
consolidate
underline
broaden
make worse
dwell on
lay it on
pump up
pile on
harp on
jack up
chew the scenery
tear a cat
hike up
amp up
attach too much importance to
run up
attach too much weight to
overuse
spread
act
balloon
overwork
mount
emote
develop
overembellish
spin
burlesque
mug
mushroom
supplement
stoke
quicken
supersize
dilate
puff up
brighten
draw the long bow
sharpen
fill out
enlarge on
impress
expand on
ham up
make federal case
jazz up
inflame
snowball
make a big thing about
rouse
make a big deal out of something
go overboard
overstate the case
mark up
expound on
go on about
lay too much emphasis on
harp on about
jump up
place too much emphasis on
drive home
go on
interlard
detail
expound
express emotion
make a mountain out of
evolve
give details
emphasize too much
magnify importance
allow too much for
distend
explicate
make a song and dance about
make a fuss
overelaborate
sweeten
get carried away
labor at
fill
bloat
give someone a sob story
lift
hasten
concentrate
better
add detail to
overplay it
camp it up
add flesh to
promote
acclaim
perform
push up
blow-up
stretch a point
fester
applaud
praise
exaggerate information
give substance to
bump up
goose up
put up
shoot up
fetch up
send through the roof
drive up
swell up
playact
stage
present
execute
show
sensationalize
US
splash
produce
sensationalise
UK
idealize
US
overreach
overwrite
overcharge
complicate
gain strength
pick up
overload
lighten
pour it on
set off
spike
darken
add fuel
run high
whet
heat up
point
tone up
heap on
play-act
lay too much stress on
add fuel to the flames
add fuel to the fire
rub salt in the wound
fan the flames of
add insult to injury
idealise
UK
overcalculate
go on and on about
over-embroider
over-embellish
go over the top about
add
over-praise
soft-soap
expatiate
grace
coat
play to the gallery
play to gallery
go overboard with
adorn
deck
enrich
make a performance of
embellish the truth
pay extravagant compliments
sweet-talk
give fulsome praise
burgeon
give color to
grow
talk big
garnish
beautify
ornament
bedeck
lay on with a trowel
play on heartstrings
proliferate
paint
begild
plate
bourgeon
go too far
appreciate
make a thing of
aureate
turn up
accumulate
make a thing about
make much of
climb
soup up
boom
travesty
theatricalize
gain
wax
soar
build
foreground
ginger up
progress
thicken
underscore
double
spotlight
triple
feature
sugar-coat
further
punctuate
upsurge
press
prolong
annex
US
illuminate
chew up the scenery
teem
swarm
italicize
US
pullulate
annexe
UK
roll up
italicise
UK
tack on
slap on
grow quickly
focus attention on
turn spotlight on
give prominence to
call attention to
bring to the fore
lay emphasis on
draw attention to
put emphasis on
bring attention to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bend and give way under pressure or strain
buckle
collapse
crumple
yield
founder
tumble
implode
go
curve
warp
deform
bend
fold
arch
contort
twist
arc
misshape
malform
bulge
wrinkle
mangle
subside
cave in
give way
go out
make curved
make crooked
become bent
become crooked
become curved
become distorted
become twisted
become warped
make bent
make twisted
make warped
become contorted
become deformed
become misshapen
make contorted
make distorted
become malformed
become mangled
bend out of shape
make deformed
make malformed
make mangled
make misshapen
develop a fold
develop a kink
develop a wrinkle
flex
give
bow
screw
torture
squinch
gnarl
wind
stretch
waver
wilt
droop
wrench
be pliant
detort
knot
convolute
writhe
be flexible
pretzel
wrench out of shape
kink
disfigure
crook
brutalize
US
damage
turn
brutalise
UK
deviate
change
swerve
go out of shape
break down
expand
fall in
crumble
disintegrate
crash
be elastic
come apart
collapse inward
fall to pieces
go to pieces
fold up
burst
shrink
succumb
fail
break
crack
sever
fall down
break up
fall apart
break apart
fall apart at the seams
give in
come apart at the seams
lengthen
be stretchy
be tensile
be stretchable
more ❯
Verb
▲
To mimic, typically humorously
parody
mimic
mock
caricature
imitate
burlesque
satirise
UK
satirize
US
do
impersonate
ape
lampoon
ridicule
spoof
travesty
copy
deride
mime
pervert
exaggerate
misrepresent
roast
disparage
send up
make fun of
take off
poke fun at
laugh at
take the mickey
put on
do an impression of
do a twist on
do a takeoff of
take the piss out of
sham
play on
make a mockery of
personate
play
monkey
represent
tease
portray
ditto
enact
emulate
taunt
parrot
mirror
do like
make like
perform
act
simulate
copycat
rag
guy
interpret
rib
josh
fake
go like
affect
pose as
personify
act like
scoff at
jeer at
jibe at
make sport of
poke mullock at
make jokes about
kid
chaff
razz
twit
masquerade as
quiz
characterize
US
dramatize
US
play a part
characterise
UK
dramatise
UK
play act
act out
put on an act
wind up
rag on
make a monkey of
goof on
be sarcastic about
sling off at
feign
assume
echo
pantomime
pretend
pasquinade
jape
scorn
repeat
pass oneself off as
pretend to be
reflect
embody
rally
do an impersonation of
strut
star
emote
rot
smoke
mug
joke
take part
laugh
play gig
play role
tread the boards
play part
sneer at
play the part of
pastiche
hoke
send-up
reproduce
counterfeit
make a monkey out of
caricaturize
squib
rail
make fun
pillory
flout
chiack
banter
torment
make a fool of
treat contemptuously
treat with contempt
laugh to scorn
follow
playact
pooh-pooh
snicker at
smile at
heap scorn on
snigger at
appear
jibe
act as
model after
do likewise
pattern after
stooge
be one of the cast
ham
make debut
rehearse
be an actor
go over
bring down the house
be on
put it over
be an actress
ham it up
do a turn
go on
follow in footsteps
do an impression
perform as
try to be like
make believe
model
epitomize
US
depict
typify
follow example
epitomise
UK
follow the example of
do a take-off
behave like
take leaf out of book
incarnate
follow suit
jive
amuse
fool
flip
quip
pull someone's chain
gibe
prank
gag
jest
mess around
wisecrack
jeer
pull someone's leg
fun
divert
jolly
entertain
haze
act the part of
take the role of
appear as
profess to be
pass off
purport to be
take the part of
represent oneself as
double as
assume character
act a part
dress as
play a role
heckle
play-act
play to the gallery
more ❯
Verb
▲
To inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on
mutilate
maim
mangle
injure
cripple
cut
disable
lacerate
incapacitate
disfigure
lame
hack
butcher
mangulate
dismember
amputate
ravage
tear apart
hack up
cut to pieces
cut up
tear limb from limb
handicap
debilitate
dislimb
damage
disjoint
dissect
disarticulate
wound
make lame
hurt
impair
deface
sever
torpefy
sunder
hock
disarm
part
anatomize
cut into pieces
harm
hobble
pinion
indispose
hospitalize
US
invalid
hospitalise
UK
palsy
unstrengthen
sideline
attenuate
sap
stifle
hamstring
rend
joint
limb
dislocate
divide
cut off the limbs of
separate
disjoin
dissever
slice
quarter
section
dichotomize
vivisect
exscind
operate
exsect
prosect
cut apart
break up
cut open
lay open
slice up
ruin
bruise
batter
scar
wreck
crush
weaken
deform
smash
shatter
knacker
scathe
crool
foul
pain
wax
pique
do in
draw blood
shake up
foul up
mar
break
maul
put out of action
spoil
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
destroy
trash
total
enfeeble
blemish
tear
lay up
crumple
mash
massacre
gimp
castrate
hog-tie
put on the sick list
more ❯
Verb
▲
To break or destroy the structure of
disrupt
break
split
sever
fracture
rive
fragment
disintegrate
shatter
bust
dismember
sunder
rupture
rend
cleave
damage
breach
buckle
warp
break up
break apart
break open
split asunder
break into
divide
separate
splinter
smash
burst
fall to pieces
shiver
crack
smash to smithereens
fall to bits
part
disunite
crumble
disjoin
disconnect
dissever
detach
snap
tear
disband
dismantle
fall apart
come apart
split up
uncouple
divorce
decouple
unlink
collapse
disassociate
unyoke
explode
resolve
disjoint
disperse
demolish
ramify
destroy
crush
dissociate
trash
segregate
total
torpedo
bust up
make hash of
pull to pieces
make mincemeat of
blow apart
cut off
blow out
break off
physically break
perforate
puncture
dissect
annihilate
eradicate
finish off
isolate
abstract
open
distinguish
unfix
scatter
rip open
tear asunder
cause a breach
come between
rip apart
fragmentize
set apart
implode
spall
punctuate
break down
tumble down
break into pieces
crack open
come to pieces
crack apart
burst apart
interrupt
disengage
dissolve
undo
alienate
estrange
partition
set at odds
set at variance
crumple
founder
subside
fall
fail
fold
turn
disorganize
disimprove
sink
taint
give way
cave in
blow up
fly apart
go to pieces
fall apart at the seams
turn to dust
take apart
go belly-up
fade away
go to rack and ruin
give
fall in
fall down
tumble
yield
crash
splinterize
fragmentalize
pulverize
US
slump
sag
topple
go
pulverise
UK
succumb
go out
crunch
scrunch
cave
waste
pop
blast
blow
disassemble
mangle
prang
crush to smithereens
break to smithereens
pull apart
topple over
give out
give in
go down
come down
tear apart
come apart at the seams
nuke
beat
powder
come to bits
impair
smatter
pash
dash
settle
squash
squish
drop
wilt
come to dust
break to pieces
wreck
break into tiny pieces
collapse inwards
crash in
sink inwards
come down about one's ears
smash into smithereens
break into fragments
ravage
devastate
erupt
detonate
wrack
cream
deconstruct
stave
take to bits
take to pieces
crack up
pull to bits
smash up
strip down
wrack up
write off
dash to pieces
crump
dissipate
cut
dispel
rip
slash
squander
stave in
go off
diverge
lacerate
be set off
burst out
fly into pieces
go bang
slit
tatter
shred
spread out
go in different directions
take off in all directions
clear out
move in different directions
go separate ways
ribbon
tear in two
rip to pieces
rip in two
tear to pieces
rip asunder
more ❯
Verb
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To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve
bend
curve
flex
warp
contort
curl
twist
arc
bow
arch
coil
deform
hook
crook
buckle
angle
deflect
incurvate
inflect
crimp
crinkle
loop
make crooked
make curved
kink
turn
misshape
screw
torture
squinch
gnarl
wind
swerve
ply
double up
wrench
detort
knot
convolute
writhe
pretzel
dogleg
bend out of shape
wrench out of shape
splay
turn out
malform
turn outwards
wrinkle
disfigure
brutalize
US
damage
brutalise
UK
deviate
change
become distorted
become curved
become crooked
become deformed
become misshapen
go out of shape
more ❯
Verb
▲
To use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose
misapply
misuse
pervert
abuse
misemploy
mismanage
profane
prostitute
exploit
mishandle
misappropriate
embezzle
warp
squander
waste
make bad use of
corrupt
desecrate
misdirect
misallocate
mistreat
deprave
defile
use fraudulently
put to wrong use
run through
go through
pollute
spoil
manipulate
taint
impair
ill-use
take advantage of
treat roughly
use inexpertly
handle roughly
debase
degrade
vitiate
debauch
poison
subvert
abase
demean
bastardize
US
cheapen
demoralize
US
violate
canker
lessen
contaminate
befoul
deteriorate
unhallow
despoil
blaspheme
demoralise
UK
tar
bastardise
UK
trash
commit sacrilege
treat with disrespect
do wrong
more ❯
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To simplify (something) so much that a distorted impression of it is given
oversimplify
simplify
overgeneralize
generalise
UK
generalize
US
over reduce
make too simple
universalize
make a sweeping statement
take a broad view
speak in generalities
speak in vague terms
Verb
▲
To miscommunicate, distort, mangle or misstate information during verbal expression
say wrong
mangle
misstate
mispronounce
make a mess of
mess up
stumble through
Verb
▲
To make unnecessarily complex
convolute
confuse
cloud
obscure
muddle
muddy
becloud
befog
blur
confound
fog
fuddle
obfuscate
bamboozle
befuddle
discombobulate
flummox
mystify
perplex
stupefy
tangle
addle
disorient
intricate
puzzle
make unclear
distract from
garble
muddy the waters
complicate
tarnish
fuzz up
darken
smear
conceal
hide
smudge
taint
haze
shade
mix up
streak
mess up
jumble
ravel
embroil
entangle
twist
repress
make a mess of
make difficult
make more difficult
mislead
confuscate
make complex
misinform
render uncertain
obnubilate
misrepresent
lead astray
muddy up
mire
falsify
fuzz
color
US
equivocate
colour
UK
throw up smoke screen
muddy the waters of
cloud the issue
throw a veil over
dim
bedim
blear
blacken
shroud
fade
unfocus
mist
dislimn
mask
shadow
spot
besmear
blot
blind
stain
become fuzzy
become dim
overshadow
make hazy
discolour
UK
become less sharp
make indistinct
become hazy
daze
become vague
cloud over
make less distinct
dazzle
overcast
glare
make vague
overcloud
become indistinct
discolor
US
blemish
baffle
bemuse
bewilder
vex
rattle
thwart
gravel
beat
fox
buffalo
get
pose
derange
make difficulties
set hurdles
make complicated
fluster
disorientate
throw
nonplus
maze
make obscure
complexify
sophisticate
complex
embarrass
involve
elaborate
snafu
upset
interweave
disorder
embellish
disarrange
bedevil
ambiguate
snarl up
screw up
foul up
render unintelligible
muck up
make intricate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
misinform
deceive
fool
delude
hoodwink
mislead
misguide
beguile
bluff
con
dupe
misdirect
bamboozle
disinform
hoax
misstate
prevaricate
snooker
trick
cozen
sucker
doublespeak
gaff
hornswoggle
lie
misrepresent
snow
buffalo
burn
fabricate
gammon
have
humbug
juggle
pervert
propagandise
UK
propagandize
US
spoof
catch
gull
mousetrap
lead astray
lie to
take in
cover up
double-talk
have on
string along
fake out
lead on
put on
suck in
do a number on
pull one's leg
put on an act
put on false front
take for a ride
bait and switch
give wrong information to
lead down the garden path
lead up the garden path
put on the wrong track
put up smoke screen
give someone a bum steer
pull the wool over someone's eyes
throw off the scent
send on a wild goose chase
wrong steer
fudge
fib
exaggerate
falsify
dissemble
misspeak
give the wrong impression
stretch the truth
scam
bilk
hose
swindle
illude
cheat
inveigle
shaft
bunk
defraud
kid
outfox
rook
betray
ensnare
victimize
US
jive
victimise
UK
overreach
caboodle
bait
entangle
enmesh
impose on
outwit
rip off
rope in
double-cross
put one over on
pull a fast one on
pull a swifty on
play trick on
lead up garden path
dissimulate
pretend
perjure
equivocate
palter
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
cap
forswear
gaslight
tell a falsehood
tell an untruth
tell untruths
not tell the truth
BS
be economical with the truth
be untruthful
break promise
make believe
tell a terminological inexactitude
not speak the truth
tell a lie
lack candor
fake it
put up a front
make up a story
tell stories
concoct a story
forswear oneself
bear false witness
be forsworn
invent a story
lie through one's teeth
say something untrue
depart from the truth
commit perjury
tell a white lie
perjure oneself
diddle
stiff
flimflam
sting
do
fleece
finagle
mulct
screw
euchre
fiddle
hustle
shortchange
chisel
beat
entrap
skin
bunco
bleed
take advantage of
stick
short
chouse
pluck
ream
take to the cleaners
swizzle
sharp
squeeze
skunk
sell a pup to
thimblerig
shake down
nobble
do in
chicane
seduce
outmaneuver
US
exploit
outmanoeuvre
UK
sandbag
milk
befool
make a fool of
lure
juke
stitch up
sell
circumvent
do the dirty on
embezzle
fox
outsmart
trap
clip
take
fake
baffle
bewilder
gazump
entice
tempt
set up
outdo
outslick
pull a fast one
sell down the river
double-deal
outjockey
defeat
top
cross
outthink
goldbrick
gouge
wheedle
rob
shuck
outguess
outgeneral
swizz
confuse
goose
worst
jip
get the better of
two-time
screw over
steal a march on
allure
end run
figure out
sell a pup
induce
solicit
jockey
outplay
coax
cajole
backstab
hook
manipulate
pull
decoy
frame
thwart
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
trim
disappoint
steer
fail
catch out
jerk around
out-think
run a game on
play for a sucker
pull fast one
sell out
four-flush
be unfaithful to
be cleverer than
run rings round
make rings round
double deal
be disloyal to
do out of
stab in the back
let down
play someone false
break faith with
do someone in the eye
throw dust in someone's eyes
sell a bill of goods to
deke
sham
blag
finesse
play
corrupt
use
lull
stump
psych out
pilfer
throw
play away
cross up
take for a fool
play games with
take to cleaners
play joke on
beat out of
take for ride
overcharge
fix
extort
play a trick on
steal
best
sway
contrive
butty
string on
pull wool over
play-act
dally
trifle
make a sucker of
toy
play for a fool
poke borack
wanton
hand a line
wangle
impress
hocus-pocus
bleed dry
pull someone's leg
wile
do number on
sucker into
flam
rush
bias
slip something over on
sweet-talk
do someone dirty
lirt
crib
blench
rogue
belirt
be sold a pup
sell a bill of goods
toll
fascinate
persuade
toy with
trifle with
dally with
play with
snare
short-change
make use of
lie under oath
swear falsely
ensorcell
tout
play fast and loose with
give the runaround
send on a wild-goose chase
go back on
stretch the rules
play dirty
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
take out
fast talk
split
give bum steer
break the rules
be disloyal
be dishonest
step out
give the shaft
misrepresent the truth
come on
distort the truth
betray one's true intentions
play games
stage-manage
pull strings
pull wires
beclown
twist around your little finger
draw
invite
bribe
troll
catfish
make a monkey of
make a monkey out of
make somebody look an idiot
outperform
come on to
sweep off feet
go one better than
more ❯
Verb
▲
To interfere with or put into a state of disorder
gum up
flub
fumble
bungle
blow
err
blunder
miscalculate
bobble
butcher
mar
bumble
boggle
boot
bollix
flounder
mend
mess
misapply
miscompute
foul up
mess up
goof up
louse up
ball up
make a muck of
fall down
muff
fluff
mangle
spoil
foozle
ruin
dub
murder
mishandle
stumble
do something badly
balls up
mismanage
wreck
screw up
make a nonsense of
make a Horlicks of
fail
make a mess of
misjudge
muddle
hash
make a botch of
damage
mutilate
bodge
make a pig's ear of
do clumsily
make a hash of
misconstrue
botch
muck up
pull a boner
bollix up
boob
confuse
slip up
trip
goof
misdirect
jumble
mix up
misconduct
misgovern
foul
snarl
drop the ball
make a mistake
muddle up
miss
snafu
trip up
stuff up
botch up
get wrong
blow it
maladminister
misrule
confound
overlook
destroy
disorder
fudge
mishit
disorganize
scupper
throw
slip
muss
upset
disrupt
discompose
muddy
muck
complicate
clutter
manage badly
get it wrong
throw into disorder
make a dog's dinner of
foul-up
misuse
bollox
waste
squander
choke
miscarry
lose
make a hash
tumble
bollox up
bollocks up
bork
hork
mistake
deliver badly
prostitute
pervert
misemploy
falter
miscue
make hash of
throw away
make a blunder
go wrong
jack up
be incompetent
disarrange
drop a brick
be in error
be mistaken
make a boo-boo
be wide of the mark
put your foot in it
drop a clanger
make mistake
be wrong
scramble
hook
nick
misaim
miskick
misfire
disturb
disarray
rumple
discombobulate
shuffle
tousle
clip
disjoint
dishevel
dislocate
tangle
misarrange
miss the mark
jumble up
throw off
get into a tangle
mix
stir up
ravel
entangle
perturb
psych out
ruffle
make a dog's dinner
perplex
make a mess
make a dog's breakfast
make a pig's ear
snarl up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To interpret erroneously, or to understand incorrectly
misinterpret
misunderstand
misconstrue
misread
misjudge
misapprehend
mistake
miscalculate
misconceive
err
confound
misknow
confuse
misperceive
miss
misrepresent
pervert
get wrong
get the wrong idea
take something amiss
get it wrong
be mistaken
be at cross purposes
put a wrong interpretation on
receive a false impression
be under a delusion
get the wrong end of the stick
get the wrong idea about
be barking up the wrong tree
miss the point
get hold of the wrong end of the stick
get the wrong impression about
miscomprehend
misreckon
misgauge
mismeasure
misdeem
misestimate
underrate
get the wrong impression
misapply
underestimate
miscount
undervalue
get signals crossed
blunder
overestimate
mix up
overvalue
take something the wrong way
slip up
overrate
estimate wrongly
misthink
stumble
be bewildered
be perplexed
not register
take wrongly
judge incorrectly
overlook
mess up
drop the ball
make a mistake
miss by a mile
misidentify
be confused
get wrong impression
get signals mixed
muddle up
boob
blow
be wrong about
fail
go wrong
don't know
fail to understand
get your lines crossed about
not understand
not know
have wrong impression
be off the mark
garble
mistranslate
mishear
conflate
miscategorize
fail to appreciate
misconjecture
misclassify
mischaracterize
make a wrong interpretation of
take out of context
get a false impression of
not get the point
misdiagnose
mislabel
get your lines crossed
be at cross-purposes with
get your wires crossed
don't understand
be wrong
discount
disregard
don't comprehend
not get
be misled
be baffled
be puzzled
come to hasty conclusion
bark up wrong tree
misinterpret as
incorrectly diagnose
confuse with
mistake for
take for
wrongly diagnose
confound with
jump to the wrong conclusion about
get the wrong end of the stick about
be mystified
mix up with
make a boo-boo
make an error
calculate wrongly
take offence
UK
be wide of the mark
make a howler
make a mistake about
take umbrage
take offense
US
take exception
be put out
be misguided about
goof
flub
foul up
screw up
make a blunder
fumble
goof up
louse up
fluff
trip
trip up
blow it
drop a clanger
muff
be incorrect
be in error
make a bloomer
bungle
botch
slip
nod
get things wrong
make a hash of
drop a brick
put your foot in it
boo-boo
go astray
error
misstep
misvalue
muff something up
lapse
muddle
gum up
ball up
make mistake
make a false move
make a faux pas
miscue
snarl
be inattentive
be negligent
be careless
make a slip
set too low
lose count
bollix
snafu
make a mess of
blot your copybook
more ❯
Verb
▲
To interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of
disturb
disorder
disarrange
disorganize
confuse
jumble
upset
discompose
muddle
disrupt
dishevel
derange
disarray
muss
tousle
shuffle
rumple
scramble
dislocate
disjoint
unsettle
hash
tumble
spoil
convulse
rearrange
interfere
meddle
tamper
mix up
mess up
throw into disorder
turn upside down
interfere with
throw into confusion
foul up
make a mess of
louse up
jumble up
get into a tangle
play havoc with
clutter
displace
ruffle
shift
rummage
move
throw into disarray
transpose
transfer
scatter
remove
make untidy
muss up
reposition
relocate
confound
tangle
budge
turn topsy-turvy
mix
agitate
mess
make a shambles of
perturb
change
toss
entangle
discombobulate
untidy
muddle up
put out of order
get out of order
cause turmoil in
cause confusion in
wreck
mistake
embroil
discreate
shake
disperse
rattle
complicate
snarl
misplace
reorder
bollix
ravel
break up
throw into chaos
snarl up
put out of place
muff
dislodge
bring into disorder
mess with
psych out
make disorderly
screw up
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
ruin
distemper
riffle
derail
overturn
throw out
bring into disarray
throw into a state of disorganization
transplant
intermix
make a mess
strew
gum up
unbalance
reorganize
US
mingle
play the devil
play hob with
make a hash of
muddy
reorganise
UK
put in disarray
misarrange
turn
reverse
tilt
slosh
slop
subvert
foul
bungle
muck
snafu
fumble
blunder
botch
shift about
change the order
break the deck
break down
throw
turn inside-out
stop
get going
set going
throw off
stir up
hash up
change the position of
disarticulate
separate
disunite
unhinge
intrude on
cut short
muck up
rattle one's cage
muddy the waters
upset the applecart
push
position
put somewhere else
cart
bear
convey
transport
lug
bring
ship
haul
carry
reallocate
fetch
replace
move around
take
move over
obscure
obfuscate
perplex
befog
cloud
blur
becloud
make unclear
convolute
fog
befuddle
fuddle
disorient
mystify
puzzle
bamboozle
baffle
garble
flummox
addle
bewilder
make difficult
make complex
twist
intricate
overshadow
darken
mire
make more difficult
fuzz up
thwart
bemuse
interweave
vex
stupefy
buffalo
involve
dim
shroud
make difficulties
shadow
mist
bedim
fox
beat
bedevil
set hurdles
enmesh
pose
blear
haze
blacken
gravel
maze
get
conceal
overcast
dislimn
overcloud
hide
tarnish
taint
fuzz
make complicated
distract from
make indistinct
make hazy
make vague
mismanage
dirty
encumber
misalign
render uncertain
mislead
confuscate
misinform
obnubilate
bork
hork
repress
lead astray
muddy up
misrepresent
tie somebody in knots
make dirty
color
US
equivocate
colour
UK
falsify
cause mess
disalign
muddy the waters of
implicate
cloud the issue
throw a veil over
throw up smoke screen
complexify
sophisticate
complex
make obscure
smudge
invert
knot
fade
mask
unfocus
embarrass
catch up
embrangle
bog down
smear
shade
blind
spot
besmear
blot
stain
coil
mat
embellish
elaborate
daze
dazzle
glare
blemish
discolour
UK
discolor
US
intertwist
intertwine
mesh
become fuzzy
become dim
become less sharp
become vague
cloud over
become hazy
make less distinct
become indistinct
entwine
interlace
put the cart before the horse
render unintelligible
immesh
kink
interlock
make intricate
jam
wind
hook
hysteron proteron
more ❯
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▲
To cause to go crazy or insane
unbalance
derange
unstring
unhinge
frenzy
loco
craze
confuse
madden
crack
disturb
destabilise
UK
destabilize
US
flip
flip out
freak out
break down
dement
drive mad
distemper
disconcert
bewilder
distract
make insane
disorder
confound
drive you out of your mind
drive insane
drive round the bend
drive someone off their head
blow one's cork
blow one's stack
blow a fuse
flip your lid
blow your top
crack up
blow up
go bonkers
blow your mind
become insane
lose it
melt down
fall apart at the seams
lose control
bug out
go crazy
wig out
be overcome
come apart at the seams
become deranged
crumble
sicken
go to pieces
go off one's rocker
go out of your mind
have breakdown
have a breakdown
schizz out
become psychotic
go nuts
have a mental collapse
become demented
have a mental breakdown
go off deep end
have an emotional breakdown
go mad
come apart at seams
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