| Main Entry: | throw off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elude, escape |
Synonyms: |
abuse, deceive, evade, get away from, give the slip, leave behind, lose, outdistance, outrun, shake off, trick |
Antonyms: |
face, meet |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | broadcast on air waves |
Synonyms: |
emit, give off, give out, glare, glimmer, glow, radiate, send, shed, shine, throw off, transmit |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | befuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, baffle, ball up, bewilder, bother, daze, disorient, distract, dumbfound, fluster, inebriate, intoxicate, make punchy, mix up, muddle, puzzle, shake, stupefy, throw off |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, clear away |
Synonyms: |
ameliorate, break up, brighten, burn off, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unblock, unburden, unclog, unload, unloose, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe |
Antonyms: |
clutter, pile up |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder someone |
Synonyms: |
abash, addle, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, fuddle, involve, lead astray, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, render uncertain, shame, stir up, stump, throw off, throw off balance, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain |
| Main Entry: | dissuade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk out of |
Synonyms: |
advise against, caution against, chicken out, counsel, cry out against, deprecate, derail, deter, disadvise, discourage, disincline, divert, exhort, expostulate, faze, hinder, lean on, persuade not to, prevent, prick, put off, remonstrate, throw a wet blanket on, throw cold water on, throw off, thwart, turn off, urge not to, warn |
Antonyms: |
incite, persuade, talk into |
| Main Entry: | distract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divert attention; confuse |
Synonyms: |
abstract, addle, agitate, amuse, befuddle, beguile, bewilder, call away, catch flies, confound, derange, detract, discompose, disconcert, disturb, divert, draw away, engross, entertain, fluster, frenzy, harass, lead astray, lead away, madden, mislead, mix up, occupy, perplex, puzzle, sidetrack, stall, throw off, torment, trouble, turn aside, unbalance, unhinge |
Antonyms: |
clarify, explain |
| Main Entry: | erupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give forth, eject with force |
Synonyms: |
appear, belch, blow up, boil, break out, burst, cast out, detonate, discharge, emit, eruct, explode, extravasate, flare up, go off, gush, hurl, jet, pour forth, rupture, spew, spit, spout, spurt, throw off, touch off, vent, vomit |
| Main Entry: | excrete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge, usually liquified substance |
Synonyms: |
defecate, egest, ejaculate, eject, eliminate, emanate, evacuate, exhale, expel, exudate, exude, give off, leak, pass, perspire, produce, remove, secrete, sweat, throw off, urinate, void |
| Main Entry: | exude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display, emit |
Synonyms: |
bleed, discharge, emanate, evacuate, excrete, exhibit, expel, flow out, give forth, give off, issue, leak, manifest, ooze, pass, percolate, radiate, secrete, seep, show, sweat, throw off, trickle, weep |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide |