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confuse
con·fuse
[
kən fyz
]
(
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 fyzə bíllətee
]
noun
con·fus·a·ble
adjective
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con·fus·a·bil·i·ty [ kən fyzə bíllətee ] nouncon·fus·a·ble adjective
