confuse

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
2. (transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
3. (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
4. (dated, transitive) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To rout; discomfit.
6. (intransitive) To be confused.

Adj

Synonym of confused.

Synonyms

bewilder

perplex

mix up

confound

puzzle

disturb

jumble

muddle

complicate

baffle

mix

disconcert

agitate

distract

embarrass

fluster

disrupt

disorder

mystify

obscure

fuddle

disarrange

tangle

upset

bemuse

befuddle

fox

🦊

throw

mislead

derange

muddle up

dumbfound

abash

nonplus

blur

mess up

involve

stir up

stir

stump

clutter

lead astray

flurry

discomfit

shake up

discombobulate

entangle

bedevil

entwine

mistake

Translations

confondere

verwirren

confondre

confundir

confundir

verwarren

verwechseln

embrouiller

confondre

dooreenhalen

troubler

mischiare

aturdir

μπερδεύω

scambiare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈfjuːz/

Etymology

Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.