confuses

4 definitions • 6 examples

to mix up someone's mind or ideas, or to make something difficult to understand:

You're confusing him! Tell him slowly and one thing at a time.

Stop confusing the issue (= making the problem unnecessarily difficult)!

to mix up two separate things or people in your mind, imagining that they are one:

You're confusing me with my sister - she's the singer.

It's easy to confuse his films, because he tends to use the same actors.

to cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand:

You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly.

Someone who confuses one thing with another thinks the first thing is the second:

You’re confusing me with my sister – she’s the one who moved to Colorado.