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confusesverbpresent tense third-person singular of confuse to throw into a state of mental uncertaintythe similar-sounding words "censure" and "censor" often confuse people addles, baffles, bamboozles, beats, befogs, befuddles, bemuses, bewilders, buffaloes, confounds, discombobulates, disorients, flummoxes, foxes, fuddles, gets, gravels, mazes, muddies, muddles, mystifies, perplexes, poses, puzzles, vexes sticks, stumps, weirds outabashes, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses(or nonplusses), rattlesagitates, bothers, chagrins, discomforts, discomposes, dismays, disquiets, distresses, disturbs, perturbs, stuns, unhinges, unsettles, upsetsbeguiles, cozens, deceives, deludes, dupes, fools, gulls, hoaxes, hoodwinks, humbugs, misguides, misleads, snows, strings along, takes in, tricks blows one's mind, goes to one's head assures, reassures, satisfiesenlightens, informs to make (something) unclear to the understandingstop confusing the issue with irrelevant facts beclouds, befogs, blurs, clouds, fogs, muddies, obfuscates complicates, perplexes, sophisticatesentangles, snarls, tanglesdisarranges, disarrays, discomposes, dishevels, disorders, disrupts, disturbs, jumbles, messes (up), mixes (up), muddles, scrambles, shuffles, tousles, upsets clarifies, clears (up), illuminates simplifies, streamlinesdisentangles, straightens (out), undoes, unravels, unscrambles, untanglesdeciphers, decodesanalyzes, breaks down to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or relateda lot of people confuse popular fame with enduring achievement conflates, confounds, mistakes, mixes (up) lumps (together)misapplies, miscalls, misidentifies, misnames differences, differentiates, discriminates, distinguishes, separates to throw into a state of self-conscious distressshe was confused by the shocking bluntness of his marriage proposal abashes, confounds, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses(or nonplusses), rattles agitates, bothers, chagrins, discomforts, discomposes, dismays, disquiets, distresses, disturbs, perturbs, puts off, puts out, unhinges, unsettles, upsetsdebases, degrades, demeans, humbles, humiliates, queers, shames calms, comforts, consoles, relieves, soothesbuoys, cheers, emboldens, encourages, heartensassures, reassures to undo the proper order or arrangement ofvandals had hopelessly confused the papers in the office files deranges, disarranges, disarrays, discomposes, dishevels, disjoints, dislocates, disorders, disorganizes, disrupts, disturbs, hashes, jumbles, messes (up), mixes (up), muddles, musses, rumples, scrambles, shuffles, tousles, tumbles, upsets embroils, entangles, snarls, tanglesagitates, perturbs, stirs (up), unsettlesclutters arranges, arrays, disposes, draws up, marshals(also marshalls), orders, organizes, ranges, regulates, straightens (up), tidies aligns(also alines), lines, lines up, queuesclassifies, codifies, methodizes, systematizes, systemizesadjusts, fixesgrooms, makes up, spruces (up)unscrambles |