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Showing words for CONFUSE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Confuse

confuse

6 Letter Words for Confuse

founce, fucose, ounces, senufo, unesco

5 Letter Words for Confuse

cones, confs, conus, cosen, focus, onces, oncus, ounce, scone, secno, sonce, souce, unces, uncos

4 Letter Words for Confuse

cens, coef, coes, cone, conf, cons, cose, coue, cues, cuon, econ, ecus, enuf, eons, fens, feus, foen, foes, fone, fons, foun, fous, funs, fusc, fuse, nefs, noes, nose, nous, nsec, once, ones, onus, scun, seco, soce, sone, sune, ufos, unce, unco, uncs

3 Letter Words for Confuse

cen, ceo, cfs, cns, con, cos, cue, cun, eco, ecu, efs, enc, ens, eof, eon, eos, esc, esu, fcs, fec, fen, fes, feu, foe, fon, fou, fun, nco, nef, neo, nos, nus, oes, one, ons, ose, ouf, ous, scf, sec, sen, soc, son, sou, sue, suf, sun, ufo, ufs, unc, uns, use

Definitions for Confuse

[1] to perplex or bewilder: The flood of questions confused me.
[2] to make unclear or indistinct: The rumors and angry charges tended to confuse the issue.
[3] to fail to distinguish between; associate by mistake; confound: to confuse dates; He always confuses the twins.
[4] to disconcert or abash: His candor confused her.
[5] to combine without order; jumble; disorder: Try not to confuse the papers on the desk.
[6] Archaic . to bring to ruin or naught.
[7] to bewilder; perplex
[8] to mix up (things, ideas, etc); jumble
[9] to make unclear he confused his talk with irrelevant details
[10] to fail to recognize the difference between; mistake (one thing) for another
[11] to disconcert; embarrass
[12] to cause to become disordered the enemy ranks were confused by gas

Words related to Confuse

unsettle, perturb, puzzle, disconcert, confound, mortify, worry, complicate, amaze, astonish, daze, perplex, bemuse, muddle, frustrate, baffle, fluster, embarrass, trouble, mystify

Words nearby Confuse

confrontationist, confrère, confucian, confucianism, confucius, confuse, confused, confused elderly, confused flour beetle, confusing, confusion

Origin of Confuse

back formation from confused (since early 19th century), Middle English confused < Anglo-French confus (with -ed -ed2 maintaining participial sense) < Latin confūsus, past participle of confundere; see confound

Other words from Confuse

con·fus·a·ble , adjective
con·fus·a·bil·i·ty , noun
con·fus·a·bly , adverb
con·fus·ed·ly [kuh n-fyoo -zid-lee, -fyoozd -] /kənˈfyu zɪd li, -ˈfyuzd-/ , adverb
con·fus·ed·ness , noun
pre·con·fuse , verb (used with object), pre·con·fused, pre·con·fus·ing.
pre·con·fus·ed·ly , adverb
re·con·fuse , verb (used with object), re·con·fused, re·con·fus·ing.
su·per·con·fused , adjective
un·con·fus·a·ble , adjective
un·con·fus·a·bly , adverb
un·con·fused , adjective
un·con·fus·ed·ly , adverb

Word origin for Confuse

C18: back formation from confused, from Latin confūsus mingled together, from confundere to pour together; see confound

Synonyms for Confuse

amaze, astonish, baffle, befuddle, bemuse, complicate, confound, daze, demoralize, disconcert, disorient, distract, embarrass, fluster, frustrate, involve, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, trouble, unsettle, upset, worry, abash, addle, becloud, bedevil, cloud, clutter, darken, discomfit, discompose, discountenance, faze, fog, fuddle, nonplus, rattle, shame, stump, unhinge, lead astray, mess up, render uncertain, stir up, throw off, throw off balance