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MIX UP

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to be perplexed or confounded

Example:

This problem stumped her

Synonyms:

mix up; stump

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "mix up" is one way to...):

amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex (be a mystery or bewildering to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to mix up Sue

Sense 2

Meaning:

Assemble without order or sense

Example:

She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence

Synonyms:

confuse; jumble; mix up

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "mix up" is one way to...):

assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)

Verb group:

confound; confuse (mistake one thing for another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mix up"):

addle; muddle; puddle (mix up or confuse)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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