confuse Play verbMake (someone) bewildered or perplexed. SYNONYMS ambiguousbafflebafflingbeatbefogbemusebewilderbewilderingbeyond onebuffaloByzantinecause to be at a standcomplexcomplicatedconfoundconfusticatecontradictoryconvoluteddifficult to understanddiscombobulatedisconcertdisconcertingdistractfazefloorflummoxfogfoxgravelimpenetrableinconsistentinexplicableintricateinvolvedlabyrinthinemazemisleadingmysteriousmystifymystifyingnonplusobfuscateperplexperplexingposepuzzlepuzzlingset someone thinkingstumpthrowunaccountableunclearunfathomablewilderwildering