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Meaning of confuse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

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  1. to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
  2. To make something unclear or incomprehensible: a new tax code that only confuses.
  3. To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another)
  4. deurmekaar, verward بصورة مرتبكه объркано confusamente zmateně verwirrt forvirret σε σύγχυση, συγκεχυμένα con confusión segaselt بطور در هم و برهم؛ با گیجی häkeltyneesti confusément בִּמבוּכָה चकराये हुए ढंग से smeten, smušen zavarosan bingung ruglingslega confusamente 混乱して 혼란하여 padrikai, painiai neskaidri; sajaukti; apmulsumā dengan keliru verward forvirret, forvirrende; rotet w nieładzie, z zakłopotaniem ګنګسی confusamente confuz в замешательстве zmätene zmedeno zbunjeno förvirrat อย่างสับส...
  5. To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder
  6. wanorde, warboel, verwarring, deurmekaarspul, deurmekaarheid, roesemoes إضْطِراب، بَلْبَلَه бъркотия confusão zmatek die Verwirrung forvirring σύγχυσηconfusión segadus گیجی؛ نابسامانی sekaannus confusionבלבול उलझन smetnja, pometnja, zbrka összezavarás kekacauan ruglingur confusione 混乱 혼란 sutrikimas, painiava neskaidrība; juceklis; apmulsums kekeliruan verwarringforvirring, røre, rotzamieszanie, gmatwanina وار خطا يى، مغشوش والى، ګډوډتيا confusão confuzie замешательство zmätok zmeda konfuzija ...
  7. To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass
  8. vt. confundir, trastornar, aturdir.
  9. To rout; discomfit
  10. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.
  11. To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another: confused effusiveness with affection.
  12. to bewilder; perplex
  13. to mix up (things, ideas, etc); jumble
  14. to make unclear: he confused his talk with irrelevant details.
  15. to fail to recognize the difference between; mistake (one thing) for another

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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