Definitions for Confuse
kənˈfyuzcon·fuse

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confuse, confoundverb

   mistake one thing for another

   "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"

2. confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulateverb

   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"

3. confuse, flurry, disconcert, put offverb

   cause to feel embarrassment

   "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

4. jumble, confuse, mix upverb

   assemble without order or sense

   "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

5. confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilateverb

   make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

   "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confuseverb

   To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.

2. confuseverb

   To rout; discomfit.

3. confuseverb

   To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.

4. confuseverb

   To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.

5. confuseverb

   To mistake one thing for another.

6. Etymology: Back formation from Middle English confused ("frustrated, ruined"), from confus, from confusus, past participle of confundō.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CONFUSEverb

   Etymology: confusus, Latin.

   1. To disorder; to disperse irregularly.2. To mix, not separate.3. To perplex, not distinguish; to obscure.

   We may have a clear and distinct idea of the existence of many things, though our ideas of their intimate essences and causes are very confused and obscure. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   4. To hurry the mind.

   Confus’d and sadly she at length replies. Alexander Pope, Statius.

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1. confuse

   To confuse is to cause uncertainty, misunderstanding, or difficulty in perception or comprehension. It can also mean to mix up or fail to distinguish between things. This could be as a result of presenting complex or unclear information, or causing someone to be unable to think clearly or understand something accurately.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confuseadjective

   mixed; confounded

2. Confuseverb

   to mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision

3. Confuseverb

   to perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession

4. Etymology: [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See Confound.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confuse

   kon-fūz′, v.t. to pour or mix together so that things cannot be distinguished: to throw into disorder: to perplex.—v.i. to be confused.—adj. Confused′, perplexed: disordered.—adv. Confus′edly, in a confused manner: disorderly.—ns. Confus′edness, state of being confused: disorder; Confū′sion, the state of being confused: disorder: shame: overthrow: perplexity: embarrassment: turmoil.—adj. Confū′sive. [A doublet of Confound.]

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   Rank popularity for the word 'Confuse' in Verbs Frequency: #953

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   The numerical value of Confuse in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Confuse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Confuse in a Sentence

1. Alfred A. Montapert:

   Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.

2. The Wellingtons:

   There aren’t any real surprises that will confuse me, and that makes things go a lot more smoothly, even the way they run the tours are familiar. I’m very comfortable in the process even when we’re out off the ship going somewhere. The methodology, the way they conduct the tours is all very familiar.

3. Lewis Hamilton:

   It was fine, it was okay. Why confuse people more.

4. A. J. Liebling:

   People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

5. Trevanian from the novel "Shibumi":

   It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Confuse
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Confuse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Confuse
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Confuse
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Confuse