| confuse | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. confound, confuse | mistake one thing for another.; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" |
| ~ misidentify, mistake | identify incorrectly.; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister" |
| ~ obnubilate, obscure, blur, confuse | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" |
| ~ mix up, jumble, confuse | assemble without order or sense.; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | 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" |
| ~ demoralize | confuse or put into disorder.; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office" |
| ~ baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, amaze, stupefy, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, get | be a mystery or bewildering to.; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
| ~ disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| ~ disorient, disorientate | cause to be lost or disoriented. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| ~ befuddle, confound, bedevil, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | 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" |
| ~ fluster | cause to be nervous or upset. |
| ~ bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. |
| ~ distract, deflect | draw someone's attention away from something.; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" |
| ~ abash, embarrass | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. |
| v. (creation) | 4. confuse, jumble, mix up | assemble without order or sense.; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" |
| ~ confuse, confound | mistake one thing for another.; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" |
| ~ addle, muddle, puddle | mix up or confuse.; "He muddled the issues" |
| ~ assemble, put together, tack together, piece, set up, tack | create by putting components or members together.; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ confuse, confound | mistake one thing for another.; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" |
| ~ muddy | cause to become muddy.; "These data would have muddied the prediction" |
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