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Browbeat :: Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses..

Sconced :: Sconced (imp. & p. p.) of Sconc.

Bash :: Bash (v. t. & i.) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

Mistake :: Mistake (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it..

Confuse :: Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy..

Misconceiver :: Misconceiver (n.) One who misconceives.

Confusion :: Confusion (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.

Mistaken :: Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken..

Misconceit :: Misconceit (n.) Misconception.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.

Blench :: Blench (v. t.) To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder..

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A squinch.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick..

Misconceived :: Misconceived (imp. & p. p.) of Misconceiv.

Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..

Baffling :: Baffling (a.) Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks..

Skonce :: Skonce (n.) See Sconce.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.

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