confuse

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

con·fuse (kən-fyo͞ozʹ)v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·esv. tr.
1.
a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off.
b. To cause to feel embarrassment.
2.
a. To mistake (for another):
confused effusiveness with affection.
b. To make opaque; blur: “The old labels... confuse debate instead of clarifying it” (Christopher Lasch).
c. To assemble without order or sense; jumble.
3. Archaic. To bring to ruination.v. intr.
To make something unclear or incomprehensible:
a new tax code that only further confuses. [Middle English confusen, from Old French confus, perplexed, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundere, to mix together. See confound.] con·fusʹa·ble adj.con·fusʹing·ly adv. 
Synonyms: confuse, addle, befuddle, discombobulate, fuddle, muddle, throw
These verbs mean to cause to be unclear in mind or intent: heavy traffic that confused the driver; problems that addle my brain; a question that befuddled even the professor; was discombobulated by all of the possibilities; a complex plot line that fuddled my comprehension; a student who was muddled by endless facts and figures; behavior that really threw me.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  blur, obscure, obnubilate, jumble, mix up, flurry, disconcert, put off, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate