confound

1. Be confusing or perplexing to;
   Cause to be unable to think clearly (synset 200623406)
   "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
   is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
   subtypes:

   • demoralize - confuse or put into disorder
   • amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex - be a mystery or bewildering to
   • disorient, disorientate - cause to be lost or disoriented
   same as: bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
   verb group: confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off - cause to feel embarrassment
2. Mistake one thing for another (synset 200621282)
   "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
   is a type of: misidentify, mistake - identify incorrectly
   same as: confuse
   verb group:

   • blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
   • confuse, jumble, mix up - assemble without order or sense

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