[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

confuse \confuse"\, a. f. confus, l. confusus, p. p. of
   confundere. see confound.
   mixed; confounded. obs. --baret.
   1913 webster
see also:
confound 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

confuse \confuse"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. confused; p. pr. 
   vb. n. confusing.
   1. to mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished;
      to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or
      obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.
      1913 webster

            a universal hubbub wild
            of stunning sounds and voices all confused.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose
      self-possession.
      1913 webster

            nor thou with shadowed hint confuse
            a life that leads melodious days.     --tennyson.
      1913 webster

            confused and sadly she at length replied. --pope.

   syn: to abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound;
        obscure; distract. see abash.
        1913 webster
see also:
confused confusing abash 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

confuse
     v 1: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with
          the other candidate"; "i mistook her for the secretary"
          syn: confound
     2: 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" syn: throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle,
         bedevil, confound, discombobulate
     3: cause to feel embarrassment; "the constant attention of the
        young man confused her" syn: flurry, disconcert, put
        off
     4: assemble without order or sense; "she jumbles the words when
        she is supposed to write a sentence" syn: jumble, mix
        up
     5: make unclear or incomprehensible; "the new tax return forms
        only confuse"
     6: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "her remarks confused
        the debate"; "their words obnubilate their intentions"
        syn: blur, obscure, obnubilate
see also:
confound throw fox befuddle fuddle bedevil 
discombobulate flurry disconcert put off jumble 
mix up blur obscure obnubilate 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

129 moby thesaurus words for "confuse":
   abash, addle, addle the wits, agitate, baffle, ball up, becloud,
   bedazzle, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, blur,
   blur distinctions, bollix up, botch, bother, buffalo, bug, cap,
   cast down, chagrin, cloud, color, complicate, confound, daze,
   dazzle, deform, derange, disarrange, discombobulate, discomfit,
   discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dishevel, dismay, disorder,
   disorganize, disorient, disquiet, distort, distract, disturb,
   dizzy, embarrass, embrangle, ensnarl, entangle, faze, flummox,
   flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fog up, foul up, fuddle, fumble,
   fuss, fuzz, garble, implicate, involve, jumble, jumble together,
   knock galley-west, knot, louse up, make uncertain, maze, mess up,
   miscolor, misdeem, misguide, misidentify, mislead, mist, mix,
   mix up, mizzle, moider, mortify, muck up, muddle, muddy, mull,
   mystify, obfuscate, obscure, overlook distinctions, perplex,
   perturb, pervert, pi, play hob with, pose, pother, put out, puzzle,
   raise hell, ramify, rattle, ravel, riffle, ruffle, scramble,
   screw up, shame, shuffle, snafu, snarl, snarl up, stumble, tangle,
   throw, throw into confusion, throw off, throw out, tumble, twist,
   unform, unsettle, unshape, upset, warp, wrench, wrest

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