'Confuse' definitions:
Definition of 'confuse'
From: WordNet
verb
Mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn: confuse, confound]
verb
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]
verb
Cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" [syn: confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off]
verb
Assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: jumble, confuse, mix up]
verb
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate]
Definition of 'Confuse'
From: GCIDE
- Confuse \Con*fuse"\, a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See Confound.] Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] --Baret. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Confuse'
From: GCIDE
- Confuse \Con*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confused; p. pr. & vb. n. Confusing.]
- 1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. [1913 Webster]
- A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. [1913 Webster]
- Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Confused and sadly she at length replied. --Pope.
- Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See Abash. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'confuse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abash,
- addle,
- addle the wits,
- agitate,
- baffle,
- ball up,
- becloud,
- bedazzle,
- befog,
- befuddle,
- bemuse,
- bewilder,
- blur,
- blur distinctions,
- bollix up,
- botch,
- bother,
- buffalo,
- bug,
- cap,
- cast down,
- chagrin,
- cloud,
- color,
- complicate,
- confound,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- deform,
- derange,
- disarrange,
- discombobulate,
- discomfit,
- discompose,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dishevel,
- dismay,
- disorder,
- disorganize,
- disorient,
- disquiet,
- distort,
- distract,
- disturb,
- dizzy,
- embarrass,
- embrangle,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- faze,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- fog,
- fog up,
- foul up,
- fuddle,
- fumble,
- fuss,
- fuzz,
- garble,
- implicate,
- involve,
- jumble,
- jumble together,
- knock galley-west,
- knot,
- louse up,
- make uncertain,
- maze,
- mess up,
- miscolor,
- misdeem,
- misguide,
- misidentify,
- mislead,
- mist,
- mix,
- mix up,
- mizzle,
- moider,
- mortify,
- muck up,
- muddle,
- muddy,
- mull,
- mystify,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- overlook distinctions,
- perplex,
- perturb,
- pervert,
- pi,
- play hob with,
- pose,
- pother,
- put out,
- puzzle,
- raise hell,
- ramify,
- rattle,
- ravel,
- riffle,
- ruffle,
- scramble,
- screw up,
- shame,
- shuffle,
- snafu,
- snarl,
- snarl up,
- stumble,
- tangle,
- throw,
- throw into confusion,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- tumble,
- twist,
- unform,
- unsettle,
- unshape,
- upset,
- warp,
- wrench,
- wrest