confuse definition - Dictionary

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con·fuse [ kən fyz ] (past and past participle con·fused, present participle con·fus·ing, 3rd person present singular con·fus·es)

transitive verb

Definition:

1. make somebody unable to think intelligently: to make somebody unable to think or reason clearly or act sensibly

2. make something puzzling: to make something hard or harder to understand

received additional information that only served to confuse the issue

3. mix things up: to mistake one person or thing for another

4. embarrass somebody: to make somebody feel embarrassed or ill at ease

5. throw something into disarray: to cause disorder in something

The dense fog utterly confused traffic on the highway.

[14th century. Via French confus "perplexed" < Latin confusus "mixed up" < confundere (see confound)]

con·fus·a·bil·i·ty [ kən fyzə bíllətee ] noun

con·fus·a·ble adjective