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Verb
/kənˈfyo͞oz/,
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confuses, 3rd person singular present; confused, past tense; confused, past participle; confusing, present participle;
  1. Cause (someone) to become bewildered or perplexed
    • - past and present blurred together, confusing her still further
  2. Make (something) more complex or less easy to understand
    • - the points made by the authors confuse rather than clarify the issue
  3. Identify wrongly; mistake
    • - a lot of people confuse a stroke with a heart attack
    • - purchasers might confuse the two products
  1. (confuse) mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
  2. (confuse) 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"
  3. (confuse) cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
  4. (confuse) jumble: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
  5. (confuse) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
  6. (confusing) causing confusion or disorientation; "a confusing jumble of road signs"; "being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child"
  7. (Confusing) Confusion (from Latin confusĭo, -ōnis, noun of action from confundere "to pour together", also "to confuse") of a pathological degree usually refers to loss of orientation (ability to place oneself correctly in the world by time, Citing: Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health ...
  8. (confuse) To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder; To rout; discomfit; To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder; To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass; To mistake one thing for another
  9. (confusing) difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc
  10. (confuse) (v) cunçurģa, qatışdırırģa
  11. (confuse) To join, weld, fuse together.  Also a means of igniting confidence men or convicts. - e.g., He lit the confuse and the ensuing blast melded the cons.  Their remains were put in a container)
  12. (confuse) to mistakenly equate