utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

facial expression, facial gesture - a gesture executed with the facial muscles

perplexity - trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"

distort, twist, twine - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

felt - mat together and make felt-like; "felt the wool"

enmesh, ensnarl, mesh - entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

complicate, perplex - make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

snafu - cause to be in a state of complete confusion