confuse

Verb

Verb Forms: confused, confusing, confuses

• To make unclear or bewildered; to mix up.
• mistake one thing for another
• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
  • "These questions confuse even the experts"
• cause to feel embarrassment
  • "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
• assemble without order or sense
• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
  • "Her remarks confused the debate"
• to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
• To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
• To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
• To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
• To rout; discomfit.
• To be confused.

Adj

• Synonym of confused.

Examples

• It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
• People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
• The opponent tried to CONFUSE him by rapidly pointing out several possible plays.

Synonyms

bedevil, befuddle, blur, confound, discombobulate, disconcert, flurry, fox, fuddle, jumble, mix up, obnubilate, obscure, put off, throw, baffle, baffound, bamboozle, bemuse, bewilder, bumfuzzle, complicate, confuddle, confuse, confused, confuzzle, dazzle, dumbfound, ferhoodle, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flummox, fluster, knot, lose, mistake, perplex, puzzle, stick

Antonyms

clarify, distinguish, enlighten, inspire, judicate, mediate, organise, organize, reconcile, stabilize

Related Words

be at a loss for words, blur, conflate, confused, confusing, confusion, discombobulate, get one's wires crossed, have one's wires crossed, leave speechless, surprise, surprising, throw somebody a curve, throw somebody for a loop, to get turned around