verwirren

I v/t

1. (jemanden) confuse; stärker: bewilder, perplex

2. (Garn etc.) tangle (up); (Haare) dishevel

II v/refl get tangled (up); Sinne: become confused

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(aus der Fassung bringen) to baffle; to perplex; to disconcert; to confuse; to bewilder; to bemuse; to unsettle; to discombobulate;

(in Unordnung bringen) to embroil; to confound; to tangle; to disarrange

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ver|wịr|ren [fɛɐ'vɪrən] ptp verwi\#rrt

1. vt

1) Haar to tousle, to ruffle (up); Fäden etc to tangle (up), to get tangled up

2) (= durcheinanderbringen) to confuse; (= konfus machen) to bewilder; Sinne, Verstand to confuse, to (be)fuddle

2. vr

(Fäden etc) to become tangled (up) or snarled up; (Haare) to become tousled or dishevelled; (fig) to become confused

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1) (to make puzzled: He completely confused me by his questions.) confuse

2) (to puzzle (a person): I was baffled by her attitude towards her husband.) baffle

3) (to confuse completely: The motorist was completely bamboozled by the road-signs.) bamboozle

4) (to amaze or puzzle: She was bewildered when her husband suddenly left her; bewildered by the instructions.) bewilder

5) (to affect the ability of making correct judgements: She was dazzled by his charm.) dazzle

6) discomfit

7) (to be impossible (for someone) to explain or understand: I was mystified by his behaviour.) mystify

8) (to puzzle or confuse (someone); to make (someone) unable to understand: She was perplexed by his questions.) perplex

9) (to perplex, baffle or bewilder: The question puzzled them; What puzzles me is how he got here so soon.) puzzle

10) (to make or become tangled: Don't tangle my wool when I'm knitting.) tangle

11) (to puzzle or confuse: He was completely thrown by her question.) throw

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ver·wir·ren *

vt

▪ jdn [mit etw dat] \verwirren to confuse sb [with sth], to bewilder sb

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1.

transitives Verb entangle, tangle up <thread etc.>; tousle, ruffle <hair>

2.

transitives (auch intransitives) Verb confuse; bewilder

verwirrend viele Möglichkeiten — a bewildering number of possibilities

3.

reflexives Verb <thread etc.> become entangled; <hair> become tousled or ruffled; <person, mind> become confused

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verwirren

A. v/t

1. (jemanden) confuse; stärker: bewilder, perplex

2. (Garn etc) tangle (up); (Haare) dishevel

B. v/r get tangled (up); Sinne: become confused

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1.

transitives Verb entangle, tangle up <thread etc.>; tousle, ruffle <hair>

2.

transitives (auch intransitives) Verb confuse; bewilder

verwirrend viele Möglichkeiten — a bewildering number of possibilities

3.

reflexives Verb <thread etc.> become entangled; <hair> become tousled or ruffled; <person, mind> become confused

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v.

to bemuse v.

to bewilder v.

to confuse v.

to derange v.

to disarrange v.

to discombobulate v.

to disconcert v.

to dishevel v.

to disorient v.

to distract v.

to embarrass v.

to fluster v.

to fuddle v.

to involve v.

to muddle v.

to perplex v.

to tangle up v.

to unsettle v.