| Main Entry: | blur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cloud, fog |
Synonyms: |
becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blind, darken, daze, dazzle, dim, glare, make hazy, make indistinct, make vague, mask, muddy, obscure, shade, soften |
Antonyms: |
clear, uncloud, unsmudge |
| Main Entry: | camouflage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise, cover |
Synonyms: |
beard, becloud, befog, cloak, conceal, cover up, deceive, dim, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obfuscate, obscure, screen, throw on makeup, veil |
Antonyms: |
reveal, show, uncover |
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become foggy or obscured |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, becloud, befog, blur, darken, dim, eclipse, envelop, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, veil |
Antonyms: |
clear, unfog, unveil |
| Main Entry: | confound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
abash, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, befog, bewilder, blend, bug*, commingle, confute, discombobulate, discomfit, discountenance, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, fiddle, flabbergast, jumble, metagrobolize, misidentify, mix, mix up, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, rattle, screw up, startle, surprise, throw* |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain, make clear, relate |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise |
Antonyms: |
expect |
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | darken; obscure |
Synonyms: |
becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fade, fog, haze, lower, muddy, obfuscate, pale, tarnish, turn down |
Antonyms: |
brighten, lighten |
| Main Entry: | mist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cloud, steam up |
Synonyms: |
becloud, befog, blur, dim, drizzle, film, fog, haze, mizzle, murk, obscure, overcast, overcloud, rain, shower, sprinkle, steam |
Antonyms: |
burn off, uncloud |
| Main Entry: | mystify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder, confuse |
Synonyms: |
baffle, bamboozle*, beat*, befog, buffalo, confound, deceive, elude, escape, floor*, fog in, hoodwink*, lick*, lie, perplex, puzzle, stump, throw*, trick |
Antonyms: |
clear up, enlighten, explain, explicate |
| Main Entry: | obscure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal, hide |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, becloud, bedim, befog, belie, blear, blind, block, block out, blur, camouflage, cloak, cloud, cloud the issue, con, confuse, cover, cover up, darken, dim, disguise, double-talk, eclipse, equivocate, falsify, fog, fuzz, gloom, gray, haze, mask, misrepresent, mist, muddy, muddy the waters, murk, obfuscate, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, pettifog, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, stonewall, throw up smoke screen, veil, wrap |
Antonyms: |
illuminate, loose, reveal |
| Main Entry: | puzzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | baffle, confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, bamboozle*, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, complicate, confound, discombobulate, disconcert, distract, disturb, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, flummox, foil, frustrate, get to, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, pose, profundicate, psych out, put off, rattle, snow*, stir, stumble, stump, throw |
Antonyms: |
clarify, elucidate, explain, illustrate, unravel |