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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..

Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.

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..

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

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

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

Discomfit :: Discomfit (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

Misconceiving :: Misconceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconceiv.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

Misconception :: Misconception (n.) Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.

Ensconce :: Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal..

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

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..

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

Disconcerting :: Disconcerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcer.

Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.

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

Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning..

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

Disconcerted :: Disconcerted (imp. & p. p.) of Disconcer.

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