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stymie collapse: a thwarting and distressing situation; a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole

mystified collapse

nonplussed collapse

stumped collapse

faze collapse: disturb the composure of

at a loss collapse: below cost; "sold the car at a loss"

overpower collapse: overcome by superior force

Gordian knot collapse: an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia; any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms

at a standstill collapse

quandary collapse

baffled collapse: people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"; perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"

oxymoron collapse: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

amaze collapse: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

dumbfound collapse

stonewall collapse: engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"; obstruct or hinder any discussion; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls"

paradox collapse: (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

bamboozle collapse: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

addle collapse: become rotten; "addled eggs"; mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"

discountenance collapse: show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"; look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"

stupefy collapse

mystify collapse: make mysterious; "mystify the story"

stuck collapse: caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud"; baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"

devastate collapse: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

stand in the way collapse

elude collapse: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"; be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

confute collapse

buffalo collapse: meat from an American bison; a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls); intimidate or overawe

bafflement collapse

dismay collapse: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"

disrupt collapse: throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process"

node collapse: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network; any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part; (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane; (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system; any thickened enlargement; a connecting point at which several lines come together

dilemma collapse: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

bewildered collapse

countermand collapse: a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

undermine collapse

paralyze collapse: cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her"; make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

disconcert collapse

rebut collapse

perplexed collapse: full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

refute collapse: prove to be false or incorrect; overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"

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