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1. Mistake one thing for another
   "you are confusing me with the other candidate";
   - confound
    
2. Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
   "These questions confuse even the experts";
   - throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate [informal], perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
    
3. Cause to feel embarrassment
   "The constant attention of the young man confused her";
   - flurry, disconcert, put off
    
4. Assemble without order or sense
   "She confuses the words when she is supposed to write a sentence";
   - jumble, mix up
    
5. Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
   "Her remarks confused the debate";
   - blur, obscure, obnubilate

Derived forms: confused, confuses, confusing

See also: put

Type of: abash, alter, assemble, be, change, embarrass, misidentify, mistake, modify, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

Encyclopedia: Confuse