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Synonyms for confuse
kənˈfyuzcon·fuse
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Wiktionary
confuseverb
Synonyms:
flummoxconfuseverb
To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
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flummoxconfuseverb
To rout; discomfit.
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flummoxconfuseverb
To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
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flummoxconfuseverb
To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
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flummoxconfuseverb
To mistake one thing for another.
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flummox
English Synonyms and Antonyms
confuse
Any sense of inferiority abashes, with or without the sense of wrong. The poor are abashed at the splendor of wealth, the ignorant at the learning of the wise. "I might have been abashed by their authority."
Gladstone Homeric Synchron., p. 72. [Harper & Bros. '76.] To confuse is to bring into a state of mental bewilderment; to confound is to overwhelm the mental faculties; to daunt is to subject to a certain degree of fear. Embarrass is a strong word, signifying primarily hamper, hinder, impede. A solitary thinker may be confused by some difficulty in a subject, or some mental defect; one is embarrassed in the presence of others, and because of their presence. Confusion is of the intellect, embarrassment of the feelings. A witness may be embarrassed by annoying personalities, so as to become confused in statements. To mortify a person is to bring upon him a painful sense of humiliation, whether because of his own or another's fault or failure. A pupil is confused by a perplexing question, a general confounded by overwhelming defeat. A hostess is discomposed by the tardiness of guests, a speaker disconcerted by a failure of memory. The criminal who is not abashed at detection may be daunted by the officer's weapon. Sudden joy may bewilder, but will not abash. The true worshiper is humbled rather than abashed before God. The parent is mortified by the child's rudeness, the child abashed at the parent's reproof. The embarrassed speaker finds it difficult to proceed. The mob is overawed by the military, the hypocrite shamed by exposure. "A man whom no denial, no scorn could abash."Fielding Amelia bk. iii, ch. 9, p. 300. [Bell & Sons '71.] Compare CHAGRIN; HINDER.Synonyms:
abash, bewilder, chagrin, confound, daunt, discompose, disconcert, dishearten, embarrass, humble, humiliate, mortify, overawe, shameAntonyms:
animate, buoy, cheer, embolden, encourage, inspirit, rally, uphold
Princeton's WordNet
confuse, confoundverb
mistake one thing for another
"you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
Synonyms:
discombobulate, fuddle, fox, bedevil, obnubilate, throw, befuddle, blur, flurry, put off, confound, disconcert, mix up, jumble, obscureconfuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulateverb
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"
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fuddle, dun, confound, befuddle, mix up, fox, booze, flip, frustrate, blur, cast off, jumble, thrust, have, make, switch, fob, throw, cast, crucify, flim-flam, obscure, flurry, torment, give, bemuse, drink, hold, put off, trick, shake off, throw off, pull a fast one on, throw away, play a joke on, play tricks, contrive, drop, play a trick on, bewilder, hurl, discombobulate, rag, project, disconcert, bedevil, shed, obnubilateconfuse, flurry, disconcert, put offverb
cause to feel embarrassment
"The constant attention of the young man confused her"
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fuddle, put over, confound, befuddle, set back, fox, turn off, sidestep, blur, jumble, dishearten, circumvent, discomfit, mix up, defer, parry, dodge, remit, elude, duck, skirt, obscure, flurry, prorogue, hedge, throw, put off, evade, discompose, table, upset, postpone, shelve, untune, hold over, disconcert, discombobulate, fudge, bedevil, obnubilatejumble, confuse, mix upverb
assemble without order or sense
"She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
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discombobulate, throw, confound, mingle, bedevil, mix up, jumble, scramble, throw together, flurry, blur, obnubilate, disconcert, obscure, befuddle, stump, put off, fox, fuddleconfuse, blur, obscure, obnubilateverb
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
"Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
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fuddle, film over, slur, confound, befuddle, fog, fox, becloud, jumble, cloud, smutch, mix up, glaze over, flurry, bedim, blot out, dim, obscure, mist, blur, throw, obliterate, haze over, overcloud, smear, hide, put off, smudge, befog, veil, disconcert, discombobulate, blear, bedevil, obnubilate
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Editors Contribution
perplex
very confused and baffled.
he was so perplexed he started to cry.
Submitted by rinat on June 7, 2017
Dictionary of English Synonymes
confuseverb
Synonyms:
mingle, intermingle, mix, blend, confoundconfuseverb
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disorder, disarrange, derange, disturb, jumble, throw into disorder or confusionconfuseverb
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perplex, obscure, darken, render uncertainconfuseverb
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mystify, embarrass, pose, nonplus, bewilder, flurryconfuseverb
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abash, shame, mortify, discompose, disconcert, confound
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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#26 | have | |
#132 | make | |
#288 | project | |
#464 | table | |
#555 | give | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1810 | switch | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2456 | mix | |
#2724 | drink | |
#2880 | hide | |
#3222 | fox | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#5621 | cloud | |
#6185 | skirt | |
#7123 | duck | |
#7167 | trick | |
#7356 | flip | |
#8103 | fog | |
#8184 | shame | |
#8245 | shed | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9423 | upset | |
#11515 | hedge | |
#12091 | mist | |
#12155 | humble | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#15810 | rag | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#17738 | veil | |
#17984 | blur | |
#19024 | fob | |
#19524 | dun | |
#20060 | confuse | |
#21866 | parry | |
#21984 | stump | |
#22663 | smear | |
#23567 | defer | |
#23906 | booze | |
#24731 | remit | |
#24832 | scramble | |
#28220 | postpone | |
#29210 | torment | |
#32152 | jumble | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#34065 | mislead | |
#35107 | sidestep | |
#35156 | flurry | |
#35306 | evade | |
#36347 | mingle | |
#43520 | embarrass | |
#44943 | chagrin | |
#49040 | frustrate | |
#49676 | smudge | |
#49901 | hurl | |
#59341 | slur | |
#59581 | confound | |
#63083 | humiliate | |
#64306 | elude | |
#72502 | obliterate | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#81713 | shelve | |
#88921 | obfuscate | |
#103482 | contrive | |
#172953 | daunt | |
#189431 | befuddle | |
#216211 | bedevil | |
#219145 | mortify | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#270504 | fuddle | |
#311709 | disconcert | |
#322072 | dishearten |
How to use confuse in a sentence?
Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, we may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
Migration should not be stigmatized. The one who championed denouncing the caravan and immigration as criminals was President Trump during the recent election campaign, just like President Trump did for President Trump presidential campaign, in which the bad guys were the Mexicans. So this is not the first time Donald Trump creates these enormous campaigns with an impact that is literally global through President Trump's communication means, but that has nothing to do with the reality of the humanitarian crisis that is present. I think it is a mistake to confuse a humanitarian crisis and use that crisis for purposes that we saw in the last electoral campaign.
Lots of tests confuse the two.
We're going to get to know the cultures of all the people that we serve to make sure we had, we never make a mistake and confuse someone's culture from behavior that's considered criminal in some way, shape or form, we need to understand the people that we police and the communities that we police. So we never have any unintended consequences.
Translations for confuse
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- أربكArabic
- смущавам, обърквам, размесвамBulgarian
- zaměnit, zmást, spléstCzech
- forlegenhed, forvirre, forveksleDanish
- verwechseln, vermischen, verwirren, konfuse, VerlegenheitGerman
- σαστίζω, μπερδεύω, συγχέω, [[προκαλώ]] [[αμηχανία]]Greek
- konfuziEsperanto
- confundir, mezclar, confundirseSpanish
- sekoittaa, erehtyä, hämätäFinnish
- confondreFrench
- cuir tro-chèileScottish Gaelic
- בלבלHebrew
- összekeverHungarian
- 混同, 混乱Japanese
- dooreenhalen, verbijsteren, in de war brengen, verwarrenDutch
- blande, forlegenhet, forveksle, forvirreNorwegian
- pomylićPolish
- envergonhar, confundir, misturarPortuguese
- încurcaRomanian
- путать, смешивать, смущатьRussian
- blanda, förväxla, blanda ihopSwedish
- குழப்பTamil
- karıştırmakTurkish
- плутатиUkrainian
- 迷惑Chinese
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