Confuse

Verb

Definitions

1.Verbto 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."

2.VerbTo 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."

3.VerbTo mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.

"The dense fog utterly confused traffic on the highway."

4.VerbTo make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.

5.VerbTo rout; discomfit.

6.VerbTo be confused.

7.AdjectiveSynonym of confused.

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