confuse

1. Mistake one thing for another (synset 200621282)
   "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
   hypernym: misidentify, mistake - identify incorrectly
   synonym: confound
   verb group:

   • blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
   • confuse, jumble, mix up - assemble without order or sense
2. 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"
   hypernym: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
   hyponym:

   • 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
   synonym: bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
   verb group: confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off - cause to feel embarrassment
3. Cause to feel embarrassment (synset 201794768)
   "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
   hypernym: abash, embarrass - cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
   hyponym:

   • fluster - cause to be nervous or upset
   • bother - make confused or perplexed or puzzled
   • deflect, distract - draw someone's attention away from something
   synonym: disconcert, flurry, put off
   verb group: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
4. Assemble without order or sense (synset 201660937)
   "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
   hypernym: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together - create by putting components or members together
   hyponym: addle, muddle, puddle - mix up or confuse
   synonym: jumble, mix up
   verb group: confound, confuse - mistake one thing for another
5. Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred (synset 200622345)
   "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
   hypernym: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   hyponym: muddy - cause to become muddy
   synonym: blur, obnubilate, obscure
   verb group: confound, confuse - mistake one thing for another

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