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Verb: confuse  kun'fyooz
  1. Mistake one thing for another
    "you are confusing me with the other candidate"
    - confound
     
  2. Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
    "These questions confuse even the experts"
    - throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
     
  3. Cause to feel embarrassment
    "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
    - flurry, disconcert, put off
     
  4. Assemble without order or sense
    - jumble, mix up
     
  5. Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
    "Her remarks confused the debate"
    - blur, obscure, obnubilate

Derived forms: confuses, confusing, confused

See also: confusion

Type of: abash, alter, assemble, be, change, embarrass, misidentify, mistake, modify, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

Encyclopedia: Confuse