Sekirov Dictionary

confuse

/kənˈfjuːz/

verb 6
adjective 1
forms 4

verb6

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To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand.
- It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
To be confused.
•
To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
- People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
•
To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
- The dense fog utterly confused traffic on the highway.
(old-fashioned) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
(no longer used) To rout; discomfit.

adjective1

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(no longer used) Synonym of confused.
- Moꝛe ouer take away oꝛdre from all thynges / what shulde than remayne? certes nothynge finally / except some man wolde imagine eftsones / Chaos: whiche of some is expounde a cõfuse mixture: […] — 1531

forms

confused · confusing · confuses · confuseth

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