to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
The dense fog utterly confused traffic on the highway.
Synonym of confused.
Moꝛe ouer take away oꝛdre from all thynges / what ſhulde than remayne? certes nothynge finally / except ſome man wolde imagine eftſones / Chaos: whiche of ſome is expounde a cõfuse mixture: […]
Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.
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