Associations to the word «Confuse»
Noun
Adjective
- Contradictory
- Bewildered
- Unrelated
- Conflicting
- Misleading
- Frightened
- Chaotic
- Ambiguous
- Indistinct
- Unsure
- Perplexed
- Unfamiliar
- Vague
- Dizzy
- Confounded
- Unsettled
- Uncertain
- Inconsistent
- Vogue
- Scared
- Welch
- Inaccurate
- Taxonomic
- Distracted
- Erratic
- Clouded
- Edible
- Incomprehensible
- Incorrect
- Often
- Obscure
- Sounding
- Tangled
- Angry
- Shocked
- Meaningless
- Whirling
- Complicated
- Distressed
- Speechless
- Fragmented
Verb
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
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.