Main Entry: confusion
Pronunciation: k&n-'fy-zh&n
Function: noun
1 : an act or instance of confusing
2 a : the quality or state of being confused b : a confused mass or mixture <a confusion of voices>
- confusional /-'fyzh-n&l, -'fy-zh&-n&l/ adjective
Main Entry: confuse
Pronunciation: k&n-'fyz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): confused; confusing
Etymology: back-formation from Middle English confused perplexed, from Middle French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere
1 archaic : to bring to ruin
2 a : to make embarrassed : ABASH b : to disturb in mind or purpose : THROW OFF
3 a : to make indistinct : BLUR <stop confusing the issue> b : to mix indiscriminately : JUMBLE c : to fail to differentiate from an often similar or related other <confuse money with comfort>
- confusingly /-'fy-zi[ng]-lE/ adverb
Main Entry: confused
Pronunciation: -'fyzd
Function: adjective
1 : being perplexed or disconcerted <the confused students>
2 : INDISTINGUISHABLE <a zigzag, crisscross, confused trail -- Harry Hervey>
3 : being disordered or mixed up <a contradictory and often confused story>
- confusedly /-'fy-z&d-lE, -'fyzd-/ adverb
- confusedness /-'fy-z&d-n&s, -'fyz(d)-/ noun
HUMM, confuse is you, confusion is what I am going to write, NOW I am confused!INDISTINGUISHABLEINDISTINGUISHABLE😆
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