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confuse
[kuhn-fyooz]
verb (used with object)
to perplex or bewilder.
The flood of questions confused me.
to make unclear or indistinct.
The rumors and angry charges tended to confuse the issue.
to fail to distinguish between; associate by mistake; confound.
to confuse dates;
He always confuses the twins.
to disconcert or abash.
His candor confused her.
to combine without order; jumble; disorder.
Try not to confuse the papers on the desk.
Archaic., to bring to ruin or naught.
confuse
/ kənˈfjuːz /
verb
to bewilder; perplex
to mix up (things, ideas, etc); jumble
to make unclear
he confused his talk with irrelevant details
to fail to recognize the difference between; mistake (one thing) for another
to disconcert; embarrass
to cause to become disordered
the enemy ranks were confused by gas
Other Word Forms
- confusable adjective
- confusability noun
- confusably adverb
- preconfuse verb (used with object)
- reconfuse verb (used with object)
- unconfusable adjective
- unconfusably adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of confuse1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
All of it certainly has made Todd — not to be confused with the actor of the same name who starred in “Candyman” and died a year ago — fame-adjacent.
The election skepticism standard has left the superintendent of a roughly 2,000-student district north of Tulsa confused.
PC Shaun Reeve said: "A police officer reported him appearing confused and being put on a bus to Glasgow but what happened to him after he arrived back on the mainland is still a mystery."
But Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, who serves on the council’s public safety committee, made clear that he thinks the senators are confused by Southern California’s geography — and the distinctions between city and county jurisdictions.
It is true that basing a fiction on a lot of arcane knowledge runs the risk of leaving the uninitiated confused or simply unengaged.
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