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Confuse Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Confuse? [v] make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate" [v] make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse" [v] 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" [v] mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [v] assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" [v] cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Confuse: bedevil \| befuddle \| confound \| discombobulate \| disconcert \| flurry \| fox \| fuddle \| jumble \| mistake \| mix up \| put off \| throw Related Terms \| Find terms related to Confuse: 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 See Also \| abash \| addle \| alter \| amaze \| assemble \| baffle \| be \| beat \| bewilder \| bother \| change \| construe \| deflect \| demoralize \| disorient \| disorientate \| distract \| dumbfound \| embarrass \| flummox \| fluster \| get \| gravel \| interpret \| muddle \| muddy \| mystify \| nonplus \| perplex \| piece \| pose \| puddle \| put together \| puzzle \| see \| set up \| stupefy \| tack \| tack together \| vex Confuse In Webster's Dictionary \Confuse"\, a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See {Confound}.] Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] --Baret. \Confuse"\, 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. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. --Milton. 2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson. Confused and sadly she at length replied. --Pope. Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See {Abash}.

Confuse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confuse?

[v] make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"
[v] make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse"
[v] 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"
[v] mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
[v] assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
[v] cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

Confuse In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*fuse"\, a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of
confundere. See {Confound}.]
Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] --Baret.


\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.

         A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and
         voices all confused.                  --Milton.

2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose
   self-possession.

         Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that
         leads melodious days.                 --Tennyson.

         Confused and sadly she at length replied. --Pope.

Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound;
     obscure; distract. See {Abash}.

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