[
US
/kənˈfjuz/
]
[ UK /kənfjˈuːz/ ]
[ UK /kənfjˈuːz/ ]
VERB
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be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
These questions confuse even the experts
This question befuddled even the teacher
This question completely threw me -
mistake one thing for another
you are confusing me with the other candidate
I mistook her for the secretary -
cause to feel embarrassment
The constant attention of the young man confused her -
assemble without order or sense
She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence -
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
Her remarks confused the debate
Their words obnubilate their intentions
How To Use confuse In A Sentence
- Either the recession is biting harder than I had realised or a lot of people are confused about the boundaries between fact and fiction.
- Acronyms or abbreviations can confuse a client who is looking for the business in a resource listing.
- Your essay gets a bit confused halfway through when you introduce too many ideas at once.
- (Not to be confused with what we call cookies)To serve Devon, or Cornwall clotted cream would desecrate a good southern biscuit (and be a waste of the cream really, I prefer it on saffron buns)a bit of plain cream, fresh butter, and cane syrup poured over a hot biscuit is ambrosia. Scones, Cream and Jam - a West Country cream tea
- It is important not to confuse the sociological meaning of age with the notion of chronological age, the length of time a person has been alive. Sociology
- It is therefore unsurprising that such seizures are sometimes confused with panic attacks.
- The Press of Atlantic City interviewed Kuras, who spoke in confused, broken English.
- The ensuing grassroots campaign failed to save "embrangle" (to confuse or entangle) and "caliginosity" (dimness, darkness). Jezebel
- inconceivability" is used in the sense of relative inconceivability, it is incorrectly used, unless it is qualified in some way; because, if used without qualification, there is danger of its being confused with inconceivability in its absolute sense. A Candid Examination of Theism
- Rest assured that you are not the only one who is confused. Times, Sunday Times