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confuse English

Meaning confuse meaning

What does confuse mean?
Definitions in simple English

confuse Verb

— If you confuse someone, they don't understand what you have said or done. Instead of helping me to learn it, he just confused me more. — If you confuse some things, you mix them up in your mind. Try not to confuse accept with except.

confuse

— verb mistake one thing for another you are confusing me with the other candidate I mistook her for the secretary — verb (= throw, befuddle) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly These questions confuse even the experts This question completely threw me This question befuddled even the teacher — verb (= blur, obnubilate) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred Her remarks confused the debate Their words obnubilate their intentions — verb cause to feel embarrassment The constant attention of the young man confused her — verb (= jumble) assemble without order or sense She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence

Synonyms confuse synonyms

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confuse English » English

bewilder perplex mix up confound puzzle disturb jumble muddle complicate baffle mix distract disconcert agitate fluster embarrass disrupt disorder upset tangle obscure mystify fuddle disarrange throw mislead fox bemuse befuddle nonplus muddle up mess up dumbfound derange blur abash worry trouble stump stir up stir shake up ravel mistake lead astray involve flurry flummox entwine entangle

Topics confuse topics

What do people use confuse to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Confused
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Dazed, confused
Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Mistake

Conjugation confuse conjugation

How do you conjugate confuse?

confuse · verb

Examples confuse examples

How do I use confuse in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Never confuse pity with love.
One must not confuse homomorphism with homeomorphism.
Don't confuse sugar with salt.
I always confuse John and his twin brother.
Don't confuse desire with love.
His actions confuse me.
I always confuse which side is port and which starboard.
Don't confuse a comet with an asteroid.
Don't confuse opinions with facts.
Don't confuse me.
I often confuse John and his twin brother.
Once there was an unfortunate forgetful guy named James who used to confuse Mary with Maria all the time. For that, Maria hated him with every fibre of her being.
It's easy to confuse words of one syllable.
Never confuse art with life.
Don't confuse Austria with Australia.
We shouldn't confuse solitude with isolation. They are two separate things.
You should not confuse business with personal affairs.
You must not confuse liberty with license.

Movie subtitles

And now you come along and confuse me entirely.
Why do I confuse you?
Don't confuse these folks!
I don't confuse you, do I, lvy?
I believe I do confuse you, don't I?
There is a resemblance, but I don't see how you could confuse one with the other.
Don't confuse things.
I proposed a scheme to confuse the imaginary Mr. Owen.
All messages to Germany were held before relaying until the Army and Navy had rendered them harmless or perhaps had skillfully doctored them to mislead and confuse the German High Command.
I can only confuse you more and destroy whatever chance you have left of happiness.
But, members of the jury, you must not confuse my incompetence with any of the issues of this trial.
And you confuse that with courage.
My dear Toohey, don't confuse me with my readers.
It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.
Heavy fragrances confuse your senses, crimson flames, flaring up like visions, distant music and soft singing lure you deeper and deeper.
Don't confuse pity with weakness.
Now we'll shuffle them just a little bit, just to confuse you.
Dr. Livingstone, let us not confuse the issue.
Confuse me.
You're trying to confuse me.
Do not confuse him with ordinary buffoons for his performance on the trapeze has never been equaled.
Barnaby, I'm going to speak to you very slowly so as not to confuse you.
I assure you, if we tried to take the money back now, it would simply confuse the whole issue.
You confuse me by bringing up stuff I don't know about!
Don't confuse me, Doctor.
I never confuse business with sentiment.
Oh, Nicholas, you confuse me so.
As you can see, it's very easy to confuse us.
Don't confuse them, it would be terrible!
You can't confuse tyrannical and spasmodic conditions when it is never.
Why confuse things, my boy?
Crows confuse me.
That will confuse him more.

News and current affairs

But we should not confuse these values with the other essential elements of progress, such as establishing liberalized trade regimes, creating institutional structures with a separation of powers, and rooting out corruption.
Attempts to pursue multiple objectives, the logic goes, would confuse financial markets and private-sector agents.
President De la Rua's worse problem is not this or that policy, but his tendency to send contradictory messages that confuse markets.
Don't confuse saving bankers and shareholders with saving banks.
Both the savings shortage and savings glut hypotheses confuse accounting outcomes with causes.
Confuse the voters enough, and eventually more will be likely to stay with the horse they know.
But no one should confuse this outcome with a solution to the problem of Iran's nuclear ambitions or its contributions to the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East.
Because most people confuse strength with efficiency, they believe that the state must again acquire sufficient power to enforce its will.
Such effects could be reinforced by the addition of metals to the oil in order to confuse bombs' guidance systems.
To confuse these different enterprises and pretend that they are the same is not only wrong, but dangerous, and deeply disappointing to those of us who still regard the US as a force for good.
Recent disagreements over the drafting of a new constitution reveal a deeply divided society and a government that appears to equate (and confuse) majority rule with democracy.
We should distinguish carefully between different kinds of Islam, and not confuse violent revolutionary movements with mere religious orthodoxy.
To confuse culture and politics in this way is to fall into the same trap as the multiculturalists.
Because so many of America's blacks are poor, many surveys show that Americans confuse poverty and blackness.
Many people confuse these two aspects of the EU's legitimacy problem, and believe that somehow turnout in European elections can be increased by pointing out to people how good and important the EU is.
Not only does the Electoral College confuse predictions based on national opinion polls, but there is also the possibility of surprises which can lead to last-minute reversals.
That is helpful in influencing expectations, because a range of different views from the central bank could confuse the private sector; but it carries the risk of institutional groupthink.
The starting point here is actually clear: governments should not confuse socioeconomic problems (unemployment, violence, marginalization, etc.) with questions about culture and religion.
But one should not confuse the consequence with the cause.
A major problem is that such predictions often confuse resources with reserves.
But it is a mistake to confuse primacy with empire.
We should take care, however, not to confuse the means and ends of policy.

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