confuse

[kənˈfjuːz]

Definition:
1. Mistake one thing for another.
2. Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
3. Cause to feel embarrassment.
4. Assemble without order or sense.
5. Make unclear or incomprehensible.

Use 'confuse' in a sentence:

1. The instructions were not just confusing, they were positively misleading.
2. Chinese characters always confuse me.
3. This can only confuse the audience.
4. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies to war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly.
5. Trying to confuse the smell.
6. Many business executives confuse leadership with action.
7. Don't confuse the issue.
8. Never confuse momentum with energy.
9. I think a good few of the others were like me, a bit confused.
10. I can't see how anyone could confuse you with another!
11. To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.
12. She had a confused idea of life in general.
13. Do not confuse this class with the view.
14. She was so confused ─ her mind was spinning like a top.
15. Historians seem to have confused the chronology of these events.
16. I don't want to confuse you.
17. The uncertainty created by this situation must be confusing for you.
18. Don't confuse Austria with Australia.
19. Don't confuse liberty with indulgence.
20. She was becoming confused.
21. You don't want to waste your precious hours on following the developments in a disorderly fashion and miss important deadlines, confuse interview times, or forget to follow up a result.
22. They confused me with conflicting accounts of what happened.
23. I always confuse my left with my right.
24. He started keeping tracks of sunspots, mapping them, so he wouldn't confuse them with any potential new planet.
25. He's in hospital, and in a confused state of mind.
26. His comments only served to confuse the issue further.
27. He was confused about his sexuality.
28. Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects.
29. Do not let the name confuse you.
30. Long and often lyrical descriptions of the different types of ware exist that assist in classifying pots, although these sometimes confuse an already large and complicated picture.
31. First off, huge apologies for last month's confusing report.
32. If we confuse these three levels, we will not think clearly.
33. Why change your language when what it is going to do is confuse you?
34. I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life.
35. Let's keep to the subject, or you'll get me too confused.
36. Do not confuse ever the tangential acceleration, which is along the circumference, with centripetal acceleration.
37. Certainly, you don't want to waste your precious hours on following the developments in a disorderly fashion and miss important deadlines, confuse interview times, or forget to follow up as a result.
38. I'm confused ─ say all that again.
39. He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions.
40. People often confuse me and my twin sister.
41. Just to confuse things, any pub called the Cock&Bottle has nothing to do with sport.
42. I was so confused that I could hardly compose my thoughts.
43. Don't confuse liberty with license.
44. Individually engineering and the liberal arts shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse.
45. To the casual observer, the system appears confusing.
46. The instructions on the box are very confusing.
47. The children gave a confused account of what had happened.
48. A survey showed people were confused about what they should eat to stay healthy.
49. Be careful not to confuse quantity with quality.
50. People are confused about all the different labels on food these days.
51. The government's only crumb of comfort is that their opponents are as confused as they are.
52. I'm thoroughly confused.
53. It is arguable that giving too much detail may actually be confusing.
54. People are apt to confuse the two issues.
55. Do not draw it on the chart, however, as this will confuse the issue.