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confuse¹
- /kənˈfjuːz/ UK
- /kənˈfjuz/ Canada, US
- /kənˈfjʉːz/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.
verb confuses · confusing · confused
- 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 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.
- To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
- To rout; discomfit.
- To be confused.
Similar: flummox, mistake, addle, baffle, vex, lose, embroil, stick, stump, baffound, bamboozle, bedevil
confuse²
- /kənˈfjuːz/ UK
- /kənˈfjuz/ Canada, US
- /kənˈfjʉːz/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
From Middle English confus, from Old French confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.
adjective more confuse · most confuse
- 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: […]
