confuse  

Thesaurus for confuse

• verb
  • synonyms
    • confound, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, discombobulate, flurry, disconcert, put off, jumble, mix up, blur, obscure, obnubilate, abash, alter, assemble, be, change, embarrass, misidentify, mistake, modify, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together  

Pronunciation of confuse: K AH0 N F Y UW1 Z (kən'fjuz)

Number of syllables of confuse: 2

Definition of confuse

• (v): mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"  
• (v): make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"  
• (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): 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"  

Examples of confuse

• Sometimes, people confuse negativity for maliciousness.  
• Beware the temptation to confuse the two people.  
• I instead used humour and whimsy to confuse him.  
• To claim otherwise is to confuse the archivist with the archives.  
• The new wording is likely to confuse the readership.  
• I agree that the cute metaphorical title can confuse the issue.  
• The noncombatant version and War Merit Cros also confuse the issue.  
• The short excerpts confuse the issue.  
• Let us not confuse credibility with fallibility.  
• The goal here is to confuse and outmaneuver the predator.