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Showing words for CONFUSING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Confusing

confusing

8 Letter Words for Confusing

focusing

7 Letter Words for Confusing

congius, consign, nuncios, soucing

6 Letter Words for Confusing

coigns, coning, conins, cosign, cosing, cousin, cuinfo, finnoc, fugios, fungic, fungin, fuscin, fusing, fusion, gonifs, guinfo, incogs, nonius, nosing, nuncio, signon, soning, uncoif, uncoin, unions, unison, unsing

5 Letter Words for Confusing

cions, coifs, coign, coing, coins, confs, conin, conns, connu, conus, cosin, cuifs, cuing, cunni, ficos, ficus, figos, finns, finos, focus, fogus, foins, fugio, fungi, fungo, fungs, funic, funis, gonif, icons, incog, incus, infos, nguni, ninos, nongs, nonic, nosig, nouns, nucin, oncin, oncus, oscin, scion, scoug, sinon, soign, sonic, suing, sunni, uncos, union, unsin, unson, using, usnic, usnin

4 Letter Words for Confusing

cigs, cion, cogs, coif, coin, conf, cong, coni, conn, cons, cuif, cuon, fico, figo, figs, finn, fino, fins, fisc, fogs, foin, fons, foun, fous, fuci, fugs, fung, funs, fusc, ginn, gins, gios, gnus, gois, gons, guns, icon, info, ingo, inns, iocs, ions, niog, nogs, nong, noun, nous, nunc, nung, nuns, onus, scog, scug, scun, sign, sing, sion, snig, snog, snug, song, suci, sufi, sugi, sung, suni, sunn, ufos, unci, unco, uncs, unio, unis

3 Letter Words for Confusing

cfi, cfs, cgs, cif, cig, cis, cns, cog, con, cos, csi, cun, fcs, fgn, fig, fin, fog, fon, fou, fug, fun, gif, gin, gio, gis, gns, gnu, goi, gon, gos, gou, gui, gun, gus, ifc, ifs, ign, inc, inf, ing, inn, ins, iof, ion, ios, iou, isn, iso, nco, nig, nis, nog, non, nos, nun, nus, ois, oni, ons, osi, ouf, oui, ous, scf, sci, sic, sif, sig, sin, soc, sog, son, sou, suf, sui, sun, ufo, ufs, ugs, unc, ung, uni, unn, uns

Definitions for Confusing

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

Words related to Confusing

perplexing, upsetting, baffling, complex, complicated, difficult, confounding, disconcerting, bewildering, mystifying, unsettling, involved, disorienting

Words nearby Confusing

confucius, confuse, confused, confused elderly, confused flour beetle, confusing, confusion, confusticate, confutation, confute, cong

Origin of Confusing

eback 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 Confusing

con·fus·ing·ly , adverb
con·fus·ing·ness , noun
un·con·fus·ing , adjective
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 Confusing

eC18: back formation from confused, from Latin confūsus mingled together, from confundere to pour together; see confound

Synonyms for Confusing

baffling, bewildering, complex, complicated, confounding, difficult, disconcerting, perplexing, upsetting, befuddling, blurring, disorienting, involved, mystifying, unsettling