confuse
Meaning of confuse
verb
- make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.
past and present blurred together, confusing her still further
Middle English (in the sense ‘rout, bring to ruin’): from Old French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere ‘mingle together’ (see confound). Originally all senses of the verb were passive, and therefore appeared only as the past participle confused ; the active voice occurred rarely until the 19th century when it began to replace confound .
Information about confuse
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of confuse is: confuses.
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Hyphenation of confuse
con-fuse
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- confuse is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
confuse synonyms
Meaning confound:
Meaning throw:
throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Meaning flurry:
Meaning jumble:
Meaning blur:
Meaning cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused:
Meaning totally bewilder or perplex:
Meaning utterly bewilder or perplex (someone):
Meaning puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone):
Meaning make (someone) feel completely baffled:
Meaning cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand something:
Meaning make confused:
Meaning surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react:
Meaning perplex (someone) greatly; bewilder:
Meaning confuse, confound, or perplex (someone):
Meaning disturb or disconcert (someone):
Meaning (of a question or problem) be too hard for; baffle:
Meaning strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:
Meaning baffle (someone) completely:
Meaning bewilder or puzzle:
Meaning overawe or intimidate (someone):
Meaning cause to lose one's way; lead or drive astray:
Meaning cover (an area of ground) with gravel:
Meaning be dazed and confused:
Meaning prevent (someone) from concentrating on something:
Meaning present or constitute (a problem or danger):
Meaning make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible:
Meaning confusing or perplexing:
Meaning impossible to understand; perplexing:
Meaning not easy to see, hear, or understand:
Meaning completely baffling; very puzzling:
Meaning causing one to be puzzled; perplexing:
Meaning utterly bewildering or perplexing:
Meaning difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify:
Meaning causing one to feel unsettled:
Meaning open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning:
Meaning giving the wrong idea or impression:
Meaning not staying the same throughout:
Meaning mutually opposed or inconsistent:
Meaning unable to be explained:
Meaning unable to be explained or accounted for:
Meaning impossible to pass through or enter:
Meaning incapable of being fully explored or understood:
Meaning make (an atom or compound) form a complex with another:
Meaning consisting of many interconnecting parts or elements; intricate:
Meaning difficult to understand; complicated:
Meaning very complicated or detailed:
Meaning (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow:
Meaning (of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting:
Meaning relating to Byzantium (now Istanbul), the Byzantine Empire, or the Eastern Orthodox Church:
confuse antonyms
Meaning give (someone) greater knowledge and understanding about a subject or situation:
Meaning remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from:
Translation of confuse
- Italian: confondere
- Spanish: confundir
- French: confondre
- German: verwechseln
Words that rhyme with confuse
fuse, defuse, prerefuse, refuse, affuse, diffuse, effuse, interdiffuse, nondiffuse, overdiffuse, rediffuse, suffuse, humifuse, perifuse, circumfuse, infuse, preconfuse, reconfuse, reinfuse, superinfuse, unconfuse, electrofuse, profuse, unprofuse, interfuse, perfuse, superfuse, surfuse, viviperfuse, cotransfuse, retransfuse, transfuse
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