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Synonyms for confuse
kənˈfyuz
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Princeton's WordNet
confuse, confound(verb)
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, discombobulate(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"
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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 off(verb)
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 up(verb)
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, obnubilate(verb)
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
Wiktionary
confuse(verb)
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flummoxconfuse(verb)
To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
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flummoxconfuse(verb)
To rout; discomfit.
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flummoxconfuse(verb)
To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
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flummoxconfuse(verb)
To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
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flummoxconfuse(verb)
To mistake one thing for another.
Synonyms:
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
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
confuse(v. a.)
Synonyms:
mingle, intermingle, mix, blend, confoundconfuse(v. a.)
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disorder, disarrange, derange, disturb, jumble, throw into disorder or confusionconfuse(v. a.)
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perplex, obscure, darken, render uncertainconfuse(v. a.)
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mystify, embarrass, pose, nonplus, bewilder, flurryconfuse(v. a.)
Synonyms:
abash, shame, mortify, discompose, disconcert, confound
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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 |
Translations for confuse
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- أربكArabic
- размесвам, смущавам, обърквамBulgarian
- zaměnit, zmást, spléstCzech
- forlegenhed, forvirre, forveksleDanish
- konfuse, Verlegenheit, verwirren, verwechseln, vermischenGerman
- συγχέω, μπερδεύω, σαστίζω, [[προκαλώ]] [[αμηχανία]]Greek
- konfuziEsperanto
- confundirse, mezclar, confundirSpanish
- hämätä, sekoittaa, erehtyäFinnish
- confondreFrench
- cuir tro-chèileScottish Gaelic
- בלבלHebrew
- összekeverHungarian
- 混乱, 混同Japanese
- in de war brengen, verwarren, verbijsteren, dooreenhalenDutch
- forlegenhet, forvirre, blande, forveksleNorwegian
- pomylićPolish
- misturar, confundir, envergonharPortuguese
- încurcaRomanian
- смущать, путать, смешиватьRussian
- blanda ihop, blanda, förväxlaSwedish
- குழப்பTamil
- karıştırmakTurkish
- плутатиUkrainian
- 迷惑Chinese
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