Confusable (redirected from confusables)

con·fuse  (kn-fyz)

v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es

v.tr.

1.

a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off.

b. To cause to feel embarrassment.

2.

a. To mistake (for another): confused effusiveness with affection.

b. To make opaque; blur: "The old labels ... confuse debate instead of clarifying it" (Christopher Lasch).

c. To assemble without order or sense; jumble.

3. Archaic To bring to ruination.

v.intr.

To make something unclear or incomprehensible: a new tax code that only further confuses.

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[Middle English confusen, from Old French confus, perplexed, from Latin cnfsus, past participle of cnfundere, to mix together; see confound.]

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con·fusa·ble adj.

con·fusing·ly adv.

Synonyms: confuse, addle, befuddle, discombobulate, fuddle, muddle, throw
These verbs mean to cause to be unclear in mind or intent: heavy traffic that confused the driver; problems that addle my brain; a question that befuddled even the professor; was discombobulated by all of the possibilities; a complex plot line that fuddled my comprehension; a student who was muddled by endless facts and figures; behavior that really threw me.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

confusable - so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals" mistakable similar - marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"