Confuse

Verb

 * 1) To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
 * 2) To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
 * 3) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
 * 4) To mistake one thing for another.
 * 5)  To rout; discomfit.

Adverbs for Confuse
paradoxically; wildly; deliberately; intricately; endlessly; inextricably; disastrously; emotionally; momentarily; infinitely; significantly; chaotically; intellectually; indescribably; feignedly; mentally; feverishly; socially; psychologically; mysteriously; purposely.

Synonyms for Confuse
flummox

Related terms
confused; confusing; confusion

Thesaurus
baffle, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, blur, blur distinctions, bollix up, botch, bother, buffalo, bug, cap, cast down, chagrin, cloud, color, complicate, confound, daze, dazzle, deform, derange, disarrange, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dishevel, dismay, disorder, disorganize, disorient, disquiet, distort, distract, disturb, dizzy, embarrass, embrangle, ensnarl, entangle, faze, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fog up, foul up, fuddle, fumble, fuss, fuzz, garble, implicate, involve, jumble, jumble together, knock galley-west, knot, louse up, make uncertain, maze, mess up, miscolor, misdeem, misguide, misidentify, mislead, mist, mix, mix up, mizzle, moider, mortify, muck up, muddle, muddy, mull, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, overlook distinctions, perplex, perturb, pervert, pi, play hob with, pose, pother, put out, puzzle, raise hell, ramify, rattle, ravel, riffle, ruffle, scramble, screw up, shame, shuffle, snafu, snarl, snarl up, stumble, tangle, throw, throw into confusion, throw off, throw out, tumble, twist, unform, unsettle, unshape, upset, warp, wrench, wrest

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

Translations

 * Bulgarian: размесвам
 * Chinese:
 * Dutch:, , dooreenhalen
 * Finnish: sotkea, sekoittaa (täysin / perusteellisesti)
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: смешивать
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: blanda


 * Arabic: أربك
 * Bulgarian: обърквам, смущавам
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: konfuzi
 * Finnish: sekoittaa, saada ymmälleen,
 * French:


 * German:, machen
 * Hebrew:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Arabic: أربك
 * Bulgarian: смущавам
 * Chinese:
 * Danish: bringe en i
 * Finnish: nolata, saattaa / saada hämilleen


 * German: jemanden in bringen
 * Japanese: 混乱させる
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: bringe noen i forlegenhet
 * Russian: смущать


 * Bulgarian: обърквам
 * Chinese:
 * Czech: splést, zaměnit
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , dooreenhalen
 * Esperanto: konfuzi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: confondre


 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 混同する
 * Norwegian: forveksle
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:

Adjective
confuse



Verb
confuse


 * 1) third-person singular past historic of confondere
 * 2) Feminine plural past participle of confondere