From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
confuse
v 1: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with
the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
[syn: confuse, confound]
2: 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" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle,
fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]
3: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the
young man confused her" [syn: confuse, flurry,
disconcert, put off]
4: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when
she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: jumble,
confuse, mix up]
5: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused
the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn:
confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate]