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CONFUSE

Definition:

1. [verb] mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
   Synonyms: confound
   
   
2. [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"
   Synonyms: throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
   
   
3. [verb] cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
   Synonyms: flurry, disconcert, put off
   
   
4. [verb] assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
   Synonyms: jumble, mix up
   
   
5. [verb] make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse"
   
   
6. [verb] make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
   Synonyms: blur, obscure, obnubilate
   
   

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Related Words:

• demoralize
• perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
• disorient, disorientate
• fluster
• bother
• distract, deflect
• addle, muddle, puddle
• muddy

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