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con⋅fuse

[kuhn-fyooz]
–verb (used with object), -fused, -fus⋅ing.
1. to perplex or bewilder: The flood of questions confused me.
2. to make unclear or indistinct: The rumors and angry charges tended to confuse the issue.
3. to fail to distinguish between; associate by mistake; confound: to confuse dates; He always confuses the twins.
4. to disconcert or abash: His candor confused her.
5. to combine without order; jumble; disorder: Try not to confuse the papers on the desk.
6. Archaic. to bring to ruin or naught.

Origin:
back formation from confused (since early 19th century), ME confused < AF confus (with -ed -ed 2 maintaining participial sense) < L confūsus, ptp. of confundere; see confound


con⋅fus⋅a⋅ble, adjective
con⋅fus⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
con⋅fus⋅a⋅bly, adverb
con⋅fus⋅ed⋅ly [kuhn-fyoo-zid-lee, -fyoozd-] , adverb
con⋅fus⋅ed⋅ness, noun


1. mystify, nonplus. 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. 4. mortify, shame. 5. disarray, disarrange, disturb.
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