confuse
US: /kənˈfjuz/
UK: /kənfjˈuːz/
UK: /kənfjˈuːz/
English Vietnamese dictionary
confuse /kən'fju:z/
- ngoại động từ
- làm lộn xộn, làm lung tung, xáo trộn
- làm cho mơ hồ, làm cho mập mờ, làm cho tối, làm rối rắm (ý nghĩa...)
- lẫn lộn, nhầm lẫn
- to confuse dates: nhầm ngày
- to confuse someone with another: nhầm ai với người khác
- ((thường) dạng bị động) làm bối rối, làm ngượng, làm xấu hổ
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]
1 to make sb unable to think clearly or understand sth: They confused me with conflicting accounts of what happened.
2 ~ A and / with B to think wrongly that sb/sth is sb/sth else
Synonym: MIX UP
People often confuse me and my twin sister. + Be careful not to confuse quantity with quality.
3 to make a subject more difficult to understand: His comments only served to confuse the issue further.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 disconcert, perplex, puzzle, bewilder, mystify, baffle, bemuse, befuddle, discomfit, confound, fluster, flummox, upset, disorient, embarrass, abash, shame, dismay, Colloq rattle, throw, Chiefly US discombobulate, US and Canadian buffalo:
She was completely confused by his offer to help.
2 disorder, confound, disorganize, throw into disarray, muddle, mix up, snarl (up), ensnarl, tangle (up), entangle, botch, Colloq mess up, make a mess of, screw up, Brit make a balls-up of, US ball up:
He has done more to confuse the situation than to clear it up.
3 mix up, confound, muddle, jumble, snarl (up), ensnarl; blur:
The identities of the children were confused at birth.
Collocation dictionary
1 make sb unable to think clearly; make sth unclear
ADV.
completely, totally
Seeing the two of them together totally confused me.
| slightly, somewhat | further
I will try to be brief and avoid further confusing the issue.
2 mistake sb/sth for another person/thing
ADV.
easily
You can easily confuse the two paintings.
PREP.
with
I sometimes confuse Jane with her sister.
Concise English dictionary
confuses|confused|confusingkən'fjuːz
verb
+mistake one thing for another
+be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
+cause to feel embarrassment
+assemble without order or sense
+make unclear or incomprehensible
+make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
