Confuse - English meaning

verb

Totally bewilder or perplex.

Usage examples:

An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone

noun

A device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, etc. or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction.

Usage examples:

You can cut out glare from a strip light by concealing it behind a baffle

verb

To cause someone to be unable to understand or explain something

Usage examples:

Even his friends were baffled by his behavior., a baffling mystery

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

Usage examples:

If we were caught we were beaten

noun

A main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.

Usage examples:

The glissando begins on the second beat

adjective

Short for beatnik.

verb

Puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone).

Usage examples:

He was bemused by what was happening

verb

To slightly confuse someone

Usage examples:

Her answer bemused us all.

verb

Cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused.

Usage examples:

She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood

verb

To confuse someone

Usage examples:

The instructions completely bewildered me.

noun

A heavily built wild ox with backswept horns, found mainly in the old world tropics.

Usage examples:

Endangered species include tapir, guar and banteng, wild buffalo, serow, red dog, asiatic elephant,…

verb

Overawe or intimidate (someone).

Usage examples:

She didn't like being buffaloed

proper noun

An industrial city in new york state; population 270,919 (est. 2008). situated at the eastern end of lake erie, it is a major port of the st lawrence seaway.

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

exclamation

Used to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

Oh confound it, where is the thing?

verb

To confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation

Usage examples:

Confound someone by doing something a man has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officia…

verb

Disconcert or confuse (someone).

Usage examples:

This attitude totally discombobulated bruce

verb

To confuse someone or make someone feel uncomfortable

verb

Disturb the composure of; unsettle.

Usage examples:

The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her

verb

To make someone feel suddenly uncertain or worried

Usage examples:

He was disconcerted by all the attention he was getting., so this deliberate lack of interest in no…

verb

To make someone feel suddenly uncertain and worried

Usage examples:

The whole experience had disconcerted him.

verb

Disturb or disconcert (someone).

Usage examples:

She was not fazed by his show of anger

verb

To upset or confuse someone

Usage examples:

Speaking in public does not faze her.

verb

To surprise and worry someone

Usage examples:

No one is fazed by the sight of guns here any more.

noun

The lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.

Usage examples:

A wooden floor

verb

Provide (a room or area) with a floor.

Usage examples:

A room floored in yellow wood

noun

The flat surface that you walk on when you are inside a building

Usage examples:

A tile floor, hardwood floors, the children sat on the floor., they rented office space on the seco…

verb

Perplex (someone) greatly; bewilder.

Usage examples:

I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing

verb

To confuse someone so much that they do not know what to do

Usage examples:

I have to say that last question flummoxed me.

noun

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km).

Usage examples:

The collision occurred in thick fog

verb

(with reference to a glass surface) cover or become covered with steam.

Usage examples:

Hot steam drifted about her, fogging up the window

noun

The grass which grows in a field after a crop of hay has been taken.

Usage examples:

If the humidity is too high, the fog just grows and grows out of control.

noun

A carnivorous mammal of the dog family with a pointed muzzle and bushy tail, proverbial for its cunning.

Usage examples:

Eagles, rattlesnakes, deer, pronghorn antelope, foxes, coyotes, and mountain lions roam the area.

verb

Baffle or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

The abbreviation foxed me completely

adjective

Relating to the fox or their language.

verb

Utterly bewilder or perplex (someone).

Usage examples:

I was completely mystified by his disappearance

verb

To confuse someone or make someone uncertain by doing or involving the person in something difficult to explain

Usage examples:

Doctors were mystified by her high fever and headaches.

verb

Surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react.

Usage examples:

Diane was nonplussed by such an odd question

noun

A state of being very surprised and confused.

Usage examples:

Reduced to a perfect nonplus, he rose from his chair

verb

Make (someone) feel completely baffled.

Usage examples:

She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

verb

To cause someone to be confused or uncertain over something that is not understood

Usage examples:

The symptoms of the disease have continued to perplex her doctors., just when it appeared that inte…

verb

To confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve

Usage examples:

The disease has continued to perplex doctors.

verb

Cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand something.

Usage examples:

She was puzzled by the doctor's manner

noun

A game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.

Usage examples:

Those who solve this puzzle in the shortest time are eligible for awards

noun

Something that is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

Their son is a puzzle to them., the police are trying to solve the puzzle of who sent them the lett…

noun

The bottom part of a tree left projecting from the ground after most of the trunk has fallen or been cut down.

Usage examples:

In addition the tree covered quite a large area which, once the stump has been ground out and the s…

verb

(of a question or problem) be too hard for; baffle.

Usage examples:

Education chiefs were stumped by some of the exam questions

verb

Propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.

Usage examples:

I threw a brick through the window

noun

An act of throwing something.

Usage examples:

Holding's throw hit the stumps

verb

Propel through the air

verb

Cause to lose one's way; lead or drive astray.

Usage examples:

Unknowne lands, where we have wildered ourselves

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats

adjective

Living or growing independently of people, in natural conditions, and with natural characteristics

Usage examples:

Wild turkeys, these herbs grow wild., he led a wild life., when i told him what i’d done, he went w…