Synonyms for confuse
kənˈfyuzcon·fuse

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1. confuseverb

   Synonyms:
   flummox

2. confuseverb

   To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.

   Synonyms:
   flummox

3. confuseverb

   To rout; discomfit.

   Synonyms:
   flummox

4. confuseverb

   To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.

   Synonyms:
   flummox

5. confuseverb

   To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.

   Synonyms:
   flummox

6. confuseverb

   To mistake one thing for another.

   Synonyms:
   flummox

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1. confuse

   Any sense of inferiority abashes, with or without the sense of wrong. The poor are abashed at the splendor of wealth, the ignorant at the learning of the wise. "I might have been abashed by their authority." Gladstone Homeric Synchron., p. 72. [Harper & Bros. '76.] To confuse is to bring into a state of mental bewilderment; to confound is to overwhelm the mental faculties; to daunt is to subject to a certain degree of fear. Embarrass is a strong word, signifying primarily hamper, hinder, impede. A solitary thinker may be confused by some difficulty in a subject, or some mental defect; one is embarrassed in the presence of others, and because of their presence. Confusion is of the intellect, embarrassment of the feelings. A witness may be embarrassed by annoying personalities, so as to become confused in statements. To mortify a person is to bring upon him a painful sense of humiliation, whether because of his own or another's fault or failure. A pupil is confused by a perplexing question, a general confounded by overwhelming defeat. A hostess is discomposed by the tardiness of guests, a speaker disconcerted by a failure of memory. The criminal who is not abashed at detection may be daunted by the officer's weapon. Sudden joy may bewilder, but will not abash. The true worshiper is humbled rather than abashed before God. The parent is mortified by the child's rudeness, the child abashed at the parent's reproof. The embarrassed speaker finds it difficult to proceed. The mob is overawed by the military, the hypocrite shamed by exposure. "A man whom no denial, no scorn could abash." Fielding Amelia bk. iii, ch. 9, p. 300. [Bell & Sons '71.] Compare CHAGRIN; HINDER.

   Synonyms:
   abash, bewilder, chagrin, confound, daunt, discompose, disconcert, dishearten, embarrass, humble, humiliate, mortify, overawe, shame

   Antonyms:
   animate, buoy, cheer, embolden, encourage, inspirit, rally, uphold

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1. confuse, confoundverb

   mistake one thing for another

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

   Synonyms:
   discombobulate, fuddle, fox, bedevil, obnubilate, throw, befuddle, blur, flurry, put off, confound, disconcert, mix up, jumble, obscure

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"

   Synonyms:
   fuddle, dun, confound, befuddle, mix up, fox, booze, flip, frustrate, blur, cast off, jumble, thrust, have, make, switch, fob, throw, cast, crucify, flim-flam, obscure, flurry, torment, give, bemuse, drink, hold, put off, trick, shake off, throw off, pull a fast one on, throw away, play a joke on, play tricks, contrive, drop, play a trick on, bewilder, hurl, discombobulate, rag, project, disconcert, bedevil, shed, obnubilate

3. confuse, flurry, disconcert, put offverb

   cause to feel embarrassment

   "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

   Synonyms:
   fuddle, put over, confound, befuddle, set back, fox, turn off, sidestep, blur, jumble, dishearten, circumvent, discomfit, mix up, defer, parry, dodge, remit, elude, duck, skirt, obscure, flurry, prorogue, hedge, throw, put off, evade, discompose, table, upset, postpone, shelve, untune, hold over, disconcert, discombobulate, fudge, bedevil, obnubilate

4. jumble, confuse, mix upverb

   assemble without order or sense

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

   Synonyms:
   discombobulate, throw, confound, mingle, bedevil, mix up, jumble, scramble, throw together, flurry, blur, obnubilate, disconcert, obscure, befuddle, stump, put off, fox, fuddle

5. confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilateverb

   make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

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

   Synonyms:
   fuddle, film over, slur, confound, befuddle, fog, fox, becloud, jumble, cloud, smutch, mix up, glaze over, flurry, bedim, blot out, dim, obscure, mist, blur, throw, obliterate, haze over, overcloud, smear, hide, put off, smudge, befog, veil, disconcert, discombobulate, blear, bedevil, obnubilate

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1. perplex

   very confused and baffled.

   he was so perplexed he started to cry.

   Submitted by rinat on June 7, 2017  

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1. confuseverb

   Synonyms:
   mingle, intermingle, mix, blend, confound

2. confuseverb

   Synonyms:
   disorder, disarrange, derange, disturb, jumble, throw into disorder or confusion

3. confuseverb

   Synonyms:
   perplex, obscure, darken, render uncertain

4. confuseverb

   Synonyms:
   mystify, embarrass, pose, nonplus, bewilder, flurry

5. confuseverb

   Synonyms:
   abash, shame, mortify, discompose, disconcert, confound

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1. confuseverb

   Synonyms:
   disconcert, perplex, abash, fluster, embarrass, chagrin, pose, nonplus, bewilder, obfuscate, discompose, addle, obscure, confound, derange

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1. List of paraphrases for "confuse":

   confound, mislead, disorientate, obfuscate, mix, blur

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1. President Donald Trump:

   When I did this now I said, I probably, maybe will confuse people.

2. Matt Wallace:

   It's the cleanest system we've ever launched, the science community is looking for trace signatures from billions of years ago. We don't want to confuse that search.

3. Sameh Shoukry:

   It is important that we keep a focus and that we send a clear message and do not confuse issues related to the battle against terrorism with other issues, we uphold the freedom of expression, we uphold the freedom of journalism.

4. Don Lemon:

   I never said I thought it was terrible.Im telling you were in the middle of a pandemic right now, were in the middle of a pandemic and everytime this president comes out, he gives inaccurate information. So I dont understand why he would even come out and do it at all if he is going to confuse the American people even more ! You dont understand that ? Youre a governor ! Im surprised you dont understand that !

5. A. J. Liebling:

   People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.