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All confuse synonyms

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verb confuse

  • mix up β€” an act or instance of mixing.
  • unsettle β€” to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
  • perturb β€” to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • puzzle β€” a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
  • disconcert β€” to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
  • confound β€” If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
  • mortify β€” to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
  • worry β€” to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
  • complicate β€” To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
  • amaze β€” If something amazes you, it surprises you very much.
  • astonish β€” If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much.
  • daze β€” If someone is in a daze, they are feeling confused and unable to think clearly, often because they have had a shock or surprise.
  • perplex β€” to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
  • bemuse β€” If something bemuses you, it puzzles or confuses you.
  • muddle β€” to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
  • frustrate β€” to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • baffle β€” If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
  • fluster β€” to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
  • trouble β€” to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
  • mystify β€” to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
  • involve β€” to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
  • misinform β€” to give false or misleading information to.
  • befuddle β€” If something befuddles you, it confuses your mind or thoughts.
  • upset β€” to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
  • distract β€” to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
  • mislead β€” to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
  • demoralize β€” If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
  • obscure β€” (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
  • disorient β€” to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
  • disorganize β€” to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
  • bedevil β€” If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
  • discomfit β€” to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
  • discompose β€” to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
  • darken β€” If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
  • stump β€” the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
  • faze β€” to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
  • nonplus β€” to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
  • rattle β€” to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
  • unhinge β€” to remove (a door or the like) from hinges.
  • shame β€” the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
  • abash β€” to cause to feel ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; make ashamed
  • fog β€” a second growth of grass, as after mowing.
  • clutter β€” Clutter is a lot of things in an untidy state, especially things that are not useful or necessary.
  • becloud β€” to cover or obscure with a cloud
  • discountenance β€” to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
  • addle β€” If something addles someone's mind or brain, they become confused and unable to think properly.
  • cloud β€” A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour.
  • fuddle β€” to muddle or confuse: a jumble of sounds to fuddle the senses.
  • rumple β€” to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper.
  • mingle β€” to become mixed, blended, or united.
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