| Main Entry: | augur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict; be an omen of |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, bespeak, bode, call it, call the shots, crystal-ball, figure out, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, harbinger, have a hunch, herald, portend, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, psych out, read, signify, soothsay |
| Notes: | an auger is a tool and to augur is to foretell or betoken |
| Main Entry: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
Synonyms: |
affect, beguile, betray, bunco, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake out, fake*, feign, fool, humbug, illude, jive, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, psych out, put on*, sham*, shuck, simulate, snow*, take in*, trick |
Antonyms: |
come clean, reveal, tell truth |
| Main Entry: | demoralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, unnerve |
Synonyms: |
abash, blow out, blow up, chill, cripple, damp, dampen, daunt, debilitate, deject, disarrange, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, dishearten, disorder, disorganize, disparage, dispirit, disturb, embarrass, enfeeble, get to, jumble, muddle, nonplus, psych out, rattle, sap, send up, shake, snarl, take apart, take steam out, undermine, unglue, unman, unsettle, unzip, upset, weaken |
Antonyms: |
boost, comfort, encourage, uplift |
| Main Entry: | disconcert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake up; confuse |
Synonyms: |
abash, agitate, baffle, balk, bewilder, bug, confound, demoralize, disarrange, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, fluster, foul up, frustrate, get to, hinder, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out, put off, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, take aback, throw off balance, trouble, unbalance, undo, unsettle, upset, upset apple cart, worry |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort, soothe |
| Main Entry: | disrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, disorganize |
Synonyms: |
agitate, bollix, confuse, disarray, discombobulate, discompose, disorder, disturb, mess up, mix up, muck up, muddle, muddy the waters, psych out, put off, rattle, rattle one's cage, rummage, screw up, shake, spoil, throw, unsettle, upset the apple cart |
Antonyms: |
arrange, organize, ready |
| Main Entry: | foresee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anticipate, predict |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, call the turn, crystal ball it, discern, divine, dope out, envisage, espy, expect, forebode, forecast, forefeel, foreknow, foretell, have a hunch, perceive, preknow, presage, previse, prevision, prognosticate, prophesy, psych out, see, see it coming, understand, visualize |
| Main Entry: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, disorganize |
Synonyms: |
addle, befuddle, bewilder, blunder, botch, bungle, clutter, complicate, confound, daze, derange, disarrange, discombobulate, disorder, disorient, disturb, entangle, fluster, foul, foul up, jumble, louse up, make a mess of, mess, misarrange, mix, mix up, muck, mumble, murmur, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out, rattle, ravel, ruffle, scramble, shuffle, snafu, snarl, spoil, stir up, stumble, stupefy, tangle, throw, throw off, tumble |
Antonyms: |
clear up, educate, enlighten, explain, explicate, order, organize |
| Main Entry: | predict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express an outcome in advance |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, anticipate, augur, be afraid, call, call it, conclude, conjecture, croak, crystal-ball divine, envision, figure, figure out, forebode, forecast, foresee, forespeak, foretell, gather, guess, have a hunch, hazard a guess, infer, judge, make book, omen, portend, presage, presume, prognosticate, prophesy, psych out, read, see coming, see handwriting on wall, size up, soothsay, suppose, surmise, telegraph, think, vaticinate |
| Main Entry: | prophesy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, warn |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, augur, call the turn, call*, crystal-ball, divine, forecast, foresee, foretell, forewarn, have a hunch, make book, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, psych it out, see coming, soothsay, vaticinate |
| 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 |