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  • 41confound — I verb abash, astonish, astound, baffle, be uncertain, becloud, bewilder, bring into disorder, complicate, confundere, confuse, dumbfound, embrangle, embroil, entangle, involve, make havoc, mingle confusedly, mislead, muddle, mystify, nonplus,… …

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  • 42disturb — v. a. 1. Agitate, shake, stir. 2. Disarrange, derange, disorder, confuse, unsettle, throw into confusion, put into disorder. 3. Molest, annoy, disquiet, vex, ruffle, worry, plague, trouble, incommode. 4. Interrupt, impede, hinder …

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  • 43tumble — I. v. n. 1. Roll, toss, heave, pitch about. 2. Fall, be precipitated, fall over, roll down, fall suddenly, topple. 3. Play mountebank tricks. II. v. a. 1. Precipitate, throw headlong. 2. Turn over, throw about. 3 …

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  • 44muss — [[t]mʌs[/t]] v. t. 1) to put into disorder; make messy; rumple (often fol. by up) 2) a state of disorder or untidiness • Etymology: 1820–30; perh. b. mess and fuss …

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  • 45muss — /mʌs/ (say mus) noun 1. Chiefly US Colloquial a state of disorder or confusion. –verb (t) Also, muss up. 2. to put into disorder; make untidy or messy; rumple. {alteration of mess} …

  • 46clutter — [klut′ər] n. [var. of clotter < CLOT] 1. a number of things scattered in disorder; jumble 2. [var. of CLATTER] Dial. CLATTER 3. the interference on a radarscope caused by hills, buildings, etc. vt. to put into disorder; jumble: often with up …

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  • 47tumble — [tum′bəl] vi. tumbled, tumbling [ME tumblen, freq. of tumben < OE tumbian, to fall, jump, dance; akin to Ger tummeln, taumeln < OHG * tumalon, freq. of tumon, to turn < IE base * dheu , to be turbid > DULL] 1. to do somersaults,… …

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  • 48deray — diˈrā noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French desrei, from desreer, to disturb, put in disorder, probably alteration of desareer more at disarray now dialect Britain : disorder …

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  • 49misorder — I. (ˈ)mis+ noun Etymology: Middle English, from mis (I) + order (n.) : disorder II. transitive verb Etymology …

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  • 50mux — I. ˈməks transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: probably back formation from mucksy chiefly New England : to put in disorder : make a mess of II. noun ( es) c …

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