1. (

• confuse ,
• confound ,

) mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" ;

2. (

• confuse ,
• throw ,
• fox ,
• befuddle ,
• fuddle ,
• bedevil ,
• confound ,
• discombobulate

) 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" ;

3. (

• confuse ,
• flurry ,
• disconcert ,
• put_off ,

) cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" ;

4. (

• jumble ,
• confuse ,
• mix_up

) assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" ;

5. (

• confuse ,
• blur ,
• obscure ,
• obnubilate

) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" ;

1. (

• baffled ,
• befuddled ,
• bemused ,
• bewildered ,
• confounded ,
• confused ,
• lost ,
• mazed ,
• mixed-up ,
• at_sea

) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school" ;

2. (

• confused ,
• disconnected ,
• disjointed ,
• disordered ,
• garbled ,
• illogical ,
• scattered ,
• unconnected

) lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" ;

3. (

• confused ,
• disoriented ,
• lost

) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented" ;

4. (

• broken ,
• confused ,
• disordered ,
• upset

) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" ;

5. (

• confused

) mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused" ;