1. confuse - verb
· mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
Synonym(s): confound
Hypernym(s): mistake, misidentify
2. confuse - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Hypernym(s): be
3. confuse - verb
· cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
Synonym(s): flurry, disconcert, put_off
4. confuse - verb
· assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
Hypernym(s): assemble, piece, put_together, set_up, tack, tack_together
5. confuse - verb
· make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
Synonym(s): blur, obscure, obnubilate
Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify
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