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
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.