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confuses

VERB

bewilder someone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amaze astonish baffle befuddle bemuse complicate confound daze demoralize disconcert disorient distract embarrass fluster frustrate involve misinform mislead mortify muddle mystify obscure perplex perturb puzzle trouble unsettle upset worry

STRONG

abash addle becloud bedevil cloud clutter darken discomfit discompose discountenance faze fog fuddle nonplus rattle shame stump unhinge

WEAK

lead astray mess up render uncertain stir up throw off throw off balance

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist calm clarify clear up comfort encourage enlighten expect explain explicate facilitate help illuminate order please settle soothe support

WEAK

organize separate

VERB

mix up; involve

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confound disorganize involve muddle

STRONG

blend clutter disarrange disarray discombobulate disorder embroil encumber entangle intermingle jumble litter mingle mistake rumple tangle tousle tumble

WEAK

bedlamize discreate mess up muss up snarl up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear up enlighten explain order organize

STRONG

arrange clean up divide exclude neaten separate tidy uncomplicate unmix untangle untwist

WEAK

clarify

Example Sentences

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She complains, meets Jerry, sparks fly, but through a series of tortured coincidences she confuses Jerry for Horace.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Day trader Alex Henderson confuses his betrothed Ashley Carpenter with a shifting backstory involving frequent moves and overlapping dating histories, all attributed to his “nomadic lifestyle.”

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

The 43-year-old knows Estonian and helps her daughter with her studies, but the first grader confuses Russian and Estonian letters.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Seeing physical accumulation and concluding the selloff is “over” confuses two very different forces.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

But this confuses the grammatical category “adjective” with the grammatical function “modifier.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker