Confuse Common

Confuse has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

mistake one thing for another

"you are confusing me with the other candidate"

"I mistook her for the secretary"

confuse confound

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"

confuse throw fox befuddle fuddle bedevil confound discombobulate

cause to feel embarrassment

"The constant attention of the young man confused her"

confuse flurry disconcert put off

assemble without order or sense

"She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

jumble confuse mix up

make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

"Her remarks confused the debate"

"Their words obnubilate their intentions"

confuse blur obscure obnubilate

to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand

"The tangled instructions in the new software manual completely confused me until I found a tutorial video."

Example Sentences

"you are confusing me with the other candidate" verb

"I mistook her for the secretary" verb

"These questions confuse even the experts" verb

"This question completely threw me" verb

"This question befuddled even the teacher" verb

"The constant attention of the young man confused her" verb

"She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" verb

"Her remarks confused the debate" verb

"Their words obnubilate their intentions" verb