· mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"

Synonym(s): confound

Hypernym(s): mistake, misidentify

· 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"

Synonym(s): throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate

Hypernym(s): be

· cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

Synonym(s): flurry, disconcert, put_off

Hypernym(s): embarrass, abash

· assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

Synonym(s): jumble, mix_up

Hypernym(s): assemble, piece, put_together, set_up, tack, tack_together

· make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

Synonym(s): blur, obscure, obnubilate

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

· perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"

Synonym(s): baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at_sea

· lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"

Synonym(s): disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected

· having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"

Synonym(s): disoriented, lost

· thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"

Synonym(s): broken, disordered, upset

· mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

Antonym(s): clearheaded