mix up
1. assemble without order or sense
- She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence
• Syn:
jumble, confuse
• Derivationally related forms:
confusion (for: confuse), jumble (for: jumble)
• Hypernyms:
assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
• Hyponyms:
addle, muddle, puddle
• Verb Group:
confuse, confound
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. cause to be perplexed or confounded
- This problem stumped her
• Syn:
stump
• Derivationally related forms:
stumper (for: stump)
• Hypernyms:
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle,
mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox,
stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to mix up Sue
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