confuse

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb mistake one thing for another
  2. verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
  3. verb cause to feel embarrassment

Etymology

Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.

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Synonyms

confound

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