Dictionary entry details
• CONFUSE (verb)
Meaning:
Mistake one thing for another
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
confuse; confound
Context examples:
you are confusing me with the other candidate / I mistook her for the secretary
Hypernyms (to "confuse" is one way to...):
misidentify; mistake (identify incorrectly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
befuddle; confound; fox; discombobulate; confuse; bedevil; fuddle; throw
Context examples:
These questions confuse even the experts / This question completely threw me / This question befuddled even the teacher
Hypernyms (to "confuse" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confuse"):
demoralize (confuse or put into disorder)
amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex (be a mystery or bewildering to)
disorient; disorientate (cause to be lost or disoriented)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to feel embarrassment
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
disconcert; flurry; confuse; put off
Context example:
The constant attention of the young man confused her
Hypernyms (to "confuse" is one way to...):
abash; embarrass (cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confuse"):
fluster (cause to be nervous or upset)
bother (make confused or perplexed or puzzled)
deflect; distract (draw someone's attention away from something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will confuse him
The good news will confuse her
The performance is likely to confuse Sue
Meaning:
Assemble without order or sense
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
mix up; jumble; confuse
Context example:
She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence
Hypernyms (to "confuse" is one way to...):
assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confuse"):
addle; muddle; puddle (mix up or confuse)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make unclear or incomprehensible
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
The new tax return forms only confuse
Hypernyms (to "confuse" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
obscure; obnubilate; blur; confuse
Context examples:
Her remarks confused the debate / Their words obnubilate their intentions
Hypernyms (to "confuse" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confuse"):
muddy (cause to become muddy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
