confuse confound | mistake one thing for another, you are confusing me with the other candidate, I mistook her for the secretary |
confuse blur obscure obnubilate | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred, Her remarks confused the debate, Their words obnubilate their intentions |
confuse throw fox befuddle fuddle bedevil confound discombobulate | 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 |
jumble confuse mix up | assemble without order or sense, She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence |
faze unnerve enervate unsettle | disturb the composure of |
confuse flurry disconcert put off | cause to feel embarrassment, The constant attention of the young man confused her |
confusing perplexing puzzling | lacking clarity of meaning, causing confusion or perplexity, sent confusing signals to Iraq, perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it, a puzzling statement |
confused | mentally confused, unable to think with clarity or act intelligently, the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused |
confused disconnected disjointed disordered garbled illogical scattered unconnected | lacking orderly continuity, a confused set of instructions, a confused dream about the end of the world, disconnected fragments of a story, scattered thoughts |
unsettled | not yet settled, unsettled territory |
broken confused disordered upset | thrown into a state of disarray or confusion, troops fleeing in broken ranks, a confused mass of papers on the desk, the small disordered room, with everything so upset |
confused disoriented lost | having lost your bearings, confused as to time or place or personal identity, I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway, the anesthetic left her completely disoriented |
confusing | causing confusion or disorientation, a confusing jumble of road signs, being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child |
a baffled befuddled bemused bewildered confounded confused lost mazed mixed-up at sea | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements, filled with bewilderment, obviously bemused by his questions, bewildered and confused, a cloudy and confounded philosopher, just a mixed-up kid, she felt lost on the first day of school |
unsettled | not settled or established, an unsettled lifestyle |
unsettled | still in doubt, an unsettled issue, an unsettled state of mind |
changeable uncertain unsettled | subject to change, a changeable climate, the weather is uncertain, unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other |