confuse

Meaning

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

Synonyms

be complex

get mixed up

make difficult

obnubilate

cause anxiety

get confused

have no idea

confound with

meddle with

make disorderly

compensate for

mix in

stir up trouble

throw into confusion

throw into disorder

be confusing

cause disorder

take the place of

tangle up

put in disorder

embarass

put into disorder

be intricate

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈfjuːz/
Etymology

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

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