confuse

confuse is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Mixed; confounded. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Mixed; confounded.
2. transitive verb. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.
3. transitive verb. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.
4. verb. mistake one thing for another

   "you are confusing me with the other candidate"

   "I mistook her for the secretary"

   Synonyms: confound

5. verb. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

   "Her remarks confused the debate"

   "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

   Synonyms: blur, obnubilate, obscure

6. verb. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

   "These questions confuse even the experts"

   "This question completely threw me"

   Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw

7. verb. assemble without order or sense

   "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

   Synonyms: jumble

8. verb. cause to feel embarrassment

   "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

   Synonyms: disconcert, flurry

Synonyms

confound, blur, obnubilate, obscure, bedevil, befuddle, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw, jumble, disconcert, flurry

Common word forms

confused, confuser, confuses, confusing

Words from these letters

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