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confuse::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
| Type of | be |
| Has types | vex, amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, demoralize, disorient, disorientate, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy |
| Verb group | flurry, put off, disconcert |
| Derivation | confusion |
These questions confuse even the experts.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | confound |
| Type of | misidentify, mistake |
| Verb group | blur, obscure, obnubilate, mix up, jumble |
| Derivation | confusion |
Examples of confuse
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The recovery is weak and uneven and will probably continue to confuse investors.
From the businessweek.com
This can confuse computer-trading software by scrambling the sequence of trades.
From the newscientist.com
Don't confuse this truck with the little Transit Connect van Ford already sells.
From the freep.com
Do not confuse jargon with slang, but remember that jargon also means gibberish.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Constituents confuse Washington debates with other forms of light entertainment.
From the washingtontimes.com
Our goal tonight was to apply more pressure and confuse them with our coverages.
From the dispatch.com
Other underhanded tactics seek to confuse voters about their voter registration.
From the abcnews.go.com
It's told out of order, though, which could puzzle or confuse really young kids.
From the post-gazette.com
Beat work is not a constant flow of information, which may confuse some readers.
From the post-gazette.com
- Mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
- 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"
- Cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
- Jumble: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
- Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
- (confused) baffled: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
- Confusion (from Latin confusu012Do, -u014Dnis, from confundere: "to pour together;" "to mingle together;" "to confuse") is the state of being bewildered or unclear in oneu2019s mind about something.
- (Confused (song)) "Confused" is a song by Tevin Campbell, released as the seventh single from his debut album T.E.V.I.N. on October 29, 1992.
- ConFusion is an annual science fiction convention organized by the Stilyagi Air Corps and its parent organization, the Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association. Commonly, it is held the third weekend of January. ...
