confuse
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
1synonym study For confuse
Other words for confuse
Other words from confuse
- con·fus·a·ble, adjective
- con·fus·a·bil·i·ty [kuhn-fyoo-zuh-bil-i-tee], /kənˌfyu zəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- con·fus·a·bly, adverb
- pre·con·fuse, verb (used with object), pre·con·fused, pre·con·fus·ing.
- re·con·fuse, verb (used with object), re·con·fused, re·con·fus·ing.
- un·con·fus·a·ble, adjective
- un·con·fus·a·bly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for confuse
/ (kənˈfjuːz) /
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
Origin of confuse
1Derived forms of confuse
- confusable, adjective, noun
- confusability, noun
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