Associations to the word «Confuse»

Wiktionary

CONFUSE, verb. To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
CONFUSE, verb. (obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
CONFUSE, verb. To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
CONFUSE, verb. To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
CONFUSE, verb. To mistake one thing for another.

Dictionary definition

CONFUSE, verb. Mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary".
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".
CONFUSE, verb. Cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her".
CONFUSE, verb. Assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence".
CONFUSE, verb. Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats