confuse
[ kuhn-fyooz ]
/ kənˈfyuz /
verb (used with object), con·fused, con·fus·ing.
to perplex or bewilder: The flood of questions confused me.
to make unclear or indistinct: The rumors and angry charges tended to confuse the issue.
to fail to distinguish between; associate by mistake; confound: to confuse dates; He always confuses the twins.
to disconcert or abash: His candor confused her.
to combine without order; jumble; disorder: Try not to confuse the papers on the desk.
Archaic.
to bring to ruin or naught.
Origin of confuse
SYNONYMS FOR confuse
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1.
Confuse,
disconcert,
embarrass imply temporary interference with the clear working of one's mind.
To confuse is to produce a general bewilderment:
to confuse someone by giving complicated directions.
To disconcert is to disturb one's mind by irritation, perplexities, etc.:
to disconcert someone by asking irrelevant questions.
To embarrass is to cause one to be ill at ease or uncomfortable, so that one's usual judgment and presence of mind desert one:
to embarrass someone by unexpected rudeness.
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British Dictionary definitions for confuse
confuse
/ (kənˈfjuːz) /
verb (tr)
to bewilder; perplex
to mix up (things, ideas, etc); jumble
to make unclear
he confused his talk with irrelevant details
to fail to recognize the difference between; mistake (one thing) for another
to disconcert; embarrass
to cause to become disordered
the enemy ranks were confused by gas
Derived forms of confuse
confusable, adjective, noun confusability, nounWord Origin for confuse
C18: back formation from
confused, from Latin
confūsus mingled together, from
confundere to pour together; see
confound