English-Thai Dictionary

confuse

VT ผสม ปนเป กัน  confound puzzle pa-som-pon-pe-kan

 

confuse

VT สับสน  confound puzzle sab-son

 

confuse about

PHRV สับสน เกี่ยวกับ  สงสัย เกี่ยวกับ  งง ใน เรื่อง  sab-son-kiao-kab

 

confuse with

PHRV ทำให้ ผิดพลาด กับ  ทำให้ เข้าใจผิด กับ  mistake for take for tam-hai-pid-plad-kab

 

confuse with

PHRV ทำให้ สับสน กับ  ทำให้ มึนงง กับ  tam-hai-sab-son-kab

 

confused

ADJ ที่ สับสน  ti-sab-son

 

confusing

ADJ น่า สับสน  na-sab-son

 

confusion

N ความ สับสน  obscuring blurring kwam-sab-son

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFUSE

v.t.[L. See Confound. ] 1. To mix or blend things, so that they cannot be distinguished.
Stunning sounds and voices all confused.
Every battle of the warrior is with confused noise. Isaiah 9:5.
2. To disorder; as, a sudden alarm confused the troops; a careless bookkeeper has confused the accounts.
3. To perplex; to render indistinct; as, the clamor confused his ideas.
4. To throw the mind into disorder; to cast down or abash; to cause to blush; to agitate by surprise, or shame; to disconcert.
A sarcastic remark confused the gentleman and he could not proceed in his argument.
Confused and sadly she at length replied.

 

CONFUSED

pp. 1. Mixed; blended, so that the things or persons mixed cannot be distinguished.
Some cried one thing, and some another; for the assembly was confused. Acts 19:32.
2. Perplexed by disorder, or want of system; as a confused account.
3. Abashed; put to the blush or to shame; agitated; disconcerted.

 

CONFUSEDLY

adv. In a mixed mass; without order or separation; indistinctly; not clearly; tumultuously; with agitation of mind; without regularity or system.

 

CONFUSEDNESS

n.A state of being confused; want of order, distinction or clearness. The cause of the confusedness of our notions is want of attention.

 

CONFUSION

n. 1. In a general sense, a mixture of several things promiscuously; hence, disorder; irregularity; as the confusion of tongues at Babel.
2. Tumult; want of order in society.
The whole city was filled with confusion. Acts 19:29.
God is not the author of confusion. 1 Corinthians 14:33.
3. A blending or confounding; indistinct combination; opposed to distinctness or perspicuity; as a confusion of ideas.
4. Abashment; shame.
O Lord, let me never be put to confusion. Psalm 71:1.
We lie in shame and our confusion covereth us. Jeremiah 3:25.
5. Astonishment; agitation; perturbation; distraction of mind.
Confusion dwelt in every face.
6. Overthrow; defeat; ruin.
The makers of idols shall go to confusion together. Isaiah 45:16.
7. A shameful blending of natures, a shocking crime. Leviticus 18:23; Leviticus 2 :12.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFUS

Con *fus, a. [F. See Confuse, a.]

 

Defn: Confused, disturbed. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

CONFUSABILITY

CONFUSABILITY Con *fus `a *bil "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: Capability of being confused.

 

CONFUSABLE

CONFUSABLE Con *fus "a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being confused.

 

CONFUSE

Con *fuse ", a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See Confound. ]

 

Defn: Mixed; confounded. [Obs. ] Baret.

 

CONFUSE

Con *fuse ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confused; p. pr. & vb. n. Confusing. ]

 

1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.

 

A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. Milton.

 

2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self- possession.

 

Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. Tennyson.

 

Confused and sadly she at length replied. Pope.

 

Syn. -- To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See Abash.

 

CONFUSEDLY

CONFUSEDLY Con *fus "ed *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a confused manner.

 

CONFUSEDNESS

CONFUSEDNESS Con *fus "ed *ness, n.

 

Defn: A state of confusion. Norris.

 

CONFUSELY

CONFUSELY Con *fuse "ly, adv.

 

Defn: Confusedly; obscurely. [Obs. ]

 

CONFUSION

CONFUSION Con *fu "sion, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.]

 

1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

 

The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell.

 

Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. Shak.

 

2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

 

Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. Spectator.

 

3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

 

Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. Gray.

 

4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs. ] Chapmen.

 

Confusion of goods (Law ), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. Blackstone. Bouvier.

 

CONFUSIVE

CONFUSIVE Con *fu "sive, a.

 

Defn: Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

confusable

con fus a ble |kənˈfyo͞ozəbəl kənˈfjuzəbəl | ▶adjective able or liable to be confused with something else. ▶noun a word or phrase that is easily confused with another in meaning or usage, such as mitigate, which is often confused with militate . DERIVATIVES con fus a bil i ty |kənˌfyo͞ozəˈbilitē |noun

 

confuse

con fuse |kənˈfyo͞oz kənˈfjuz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (someone ) to become bewildered or perplexed: past and present blurred together, confusing her still further. • make (something ) more complex or less easy to understand: the points made by the authors confuse rather than clarify the issue. • identify wrongly; mistake: a lot of people confuse a stroke with a heart attack | purchasers might confuse the two products. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘rout, bring to ruin ’): from Old French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere ‘mingle together ’ (see confound ). Originally all senses of the verb were passive, and therefore appeared only as the past participle confused; the active voice occurred rarely until the 19th cent. when it began to replace confound .

 

confused

con fused |kənˈfyo͞ozd kənˈfjuzd | ▶adjective (of a person ) unable to think clearly; bewildered: she was utterly confused about what had just happened | a very confused and unhappy boy. • showing bewilderment: a confused expression crossed her face. • not in possession of all one's mental faculties, esp. because of old age: interviewing confused old people does take longer. • lacking order and thus difficult to understand: the confused information supplied by authorities | reports about the incident were rather confused. • lacking clear distinction of elements; jumbled: the sound of a sort of confused hammering and shouting. DERIVATIVES con fus ed ly |-ˈfyo͞ozədlē |adverb

 

confusing

con fus ing |kənˈfyo͞oziNG kənˈfjuːzɪŋ | ▶adjective bewildering or perplexing: he found being in Egypt very confusing. DERIVATIVES con fus ing ly adverb

 

confusion

con fu sion |kənˈfyo͞oZHən kənˈfjuʒən | ▶noun 1 lack of understanding; uncertainty: there seems to be some confusion about which system does what | he cleared up the confusion over the party's policy. • a situation of panic; a breakdown of order: the shaken survivors retreated in confusion . • a disorderly jumble: all I can see is a confusion of brown cardboard boxes. 2 the state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something: she looked about her in confusion . • the mistaking of one person or thing for another: there is some confusion between “unlawful ” and “illegal ” | most of the errors are reasonable confusions between similar words or sequences of words. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin confusio (n- ), from the verb confundere ‘mingle together ’ (see confuse ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

confusable

con |fus ¦able |kənˈfjuːzəb (ə )l | ▶adjective able or liable to be confused with something else: convocation was by 1327 no longer confusable with parliament. ▶noun a word or phrase that is easily confused with another in meaning or usage, such as mitigate, which is often confused with militate . DERIVATIVES confusability |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun

 

confuse

con |fuse |kənˈfjuːz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (someone ) bewildered or perplexed: past and present blurred together, confusing her still further. • make (something ) more complex or less easy to understand: the points made by the authors confuse rather than clarify the issue. • identify wrongly; mistake: a lot of people confuse a stroke with a heart attack | purchasers might confuse the two products. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘rout, bring to ruin ’): from Old French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere ‘mingle together ’ (see confound ). Originally all senses of the verb were passive, and therefore appeared only as the past participle confused; the active voice occurred rarely until the 19th cent. when it began to replace confound .

 

confused

con |fused |kənˈfjuːzd | ▶adjective 1 (of a person ) unable to think clearly; bewildered: she was utterly confused about what had happened. • showing bewilderment: a confused expression crossed her face. • not in possession of all one's mental faculties, especially because of old age: interviewing confused old people does take longer. 2 lacking order and so difficult to understand: the confused information supplied by authorities | reports about the incident were rather confused. • lacking clear distinction of elements; jumbled: the sound of a sort of confused hammering and shouting. DERIVATIVES confusedly |kənˈfjuːsɪdli |adverb

 

confusing

con |fus ¦ing |kənˈfjuːzɪŋ | ▶adjective bewildering or perplexing: he found being in Egypt very confusing. DERIVATIVES confusingly adverb

 

confusion

con |fu ¦sion |kənˈfjuːʒ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required: there seems to be some confusion about which system does what | he cleared up the confusion over the party's policy. • a situation of panic or disorder: the guaranteed income bond market was thrown into confusion . • [ in sing. ] a disorderly jumble: all I can see is a confusion of brown cardboard boxes. 2 the state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something: she looked about her in confusion . • the mistaking of one person or thing for another: there is some confusion between ‘unlawful ’ and ‘illegal ’ | [ count noun ] : most of the errors are reasonable confusions between similar words. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin confusio (n- ), from the verb confundere ‘mingle together ’ (see confuse ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

confuse

confuse verb 1 don't confuse students with too much detail: bewilder, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confound; informal flummox, faze, stump, fox, discombobulate, bedazzle. ANTONYMS enlighten. 2 the authors have confused the issue: complicate, muddle, jumble, garble, blur, obscure, cloud. ANTONYMS simplify. 3 some people confuse strokes with heart attacks: mistake for, take for, misinterpret as; mix up with, muddle up with, confound with.

 

confused

confused adjective 1 they are confused about what is going on: bewildered, bemused, puzzled, perplexed, baffled, mystified, nonplussed, muddled, dumbfounded, at sea, at a loss, taken aback, disoriented, disconcerted; informal flummoxed, clueless, fazed, discombobulated. 2 her confused elderly mother: demented, bewildered, muddled, addled, befuddled, disoriented, disorientated; unbalanced, unhinged; senile. ANTONYMS lucid. 3 a confused recollection: vague, unclear, indistinct, imprecise, blurred, hazy, woolly, shadowy, dim; imperfect, sketchy. ANTONYMS clear, precise. 4 a confused mass of bones: disorderly, disordered, disorganized, disarranged, out of order, untidy, muddled, jumbled, mixed up, chaotic, topsy-turvy; informal shambolic. ANTONYMS neat.

 

confusing

confusing adjective the instructions are confusing: bewildering, baffling, unclear, perplexing, puzzling, mystifying, disconcerting; ambiguous, misleading, inconsistent, contradictory; unaccountable, inexplicable, impenetrable, unfathomable; complex, complicated.

 

confusion

confusion noun 1 there is confusion about the new system: uncertainty, incertitude, unsureness, doubt, ignorance; formal dubiety. ANTONYMS certainty. 2 she stared in confusion: bewilderment, bafflement, perplexity, puzzlement, mystification, befuddlement; shock, daze, wonder, wonderment, astonishment; informal head-scratching, discombobulation. 3 I could not live in this kind of confusion: disorder, disarray, disorganization, untidiness, chaos, mayhem; turmoil, tumult, disruption, upheaval, uproar, muddle, mess, shambles; informal three-ring circus. ANTONYMS order. 4 a confusion of boxes: jumble, muddle, mess, heap, tangle; informal shambles.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

confuse

confuse verb 1 there was no need to confuse students with too much controversy: bewilder, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confound, befog, nonplus, disconcert, throw, set someone thinking; informal flummox, discombobulate, faze, stump, beat, fox, make someone scratch their head, floor, fog; N. Amer. informal buffalo; archaic wilder, gravel, maze, cause to be at a stand, distract, pose; rare obfuscate. ANTONYMS enlighten. 2 the points made by the authors confuse rather than clarify the issue: complicate, muddle, jumble, garble, make complex, make (more ) difficult, blur, obscure, make unclear, cloud, obfuscate; archaic embroil. ANTONYMS simplify. 3 a lot of people confuse a stroke with a heart attack: mix up, muddle up, confound; misinterpret as, mistake for, take for. ANTONYMS distinguish.

 

confused

confused adjective 1 children could be confused about what was going on: bewildered, bemused, puzzled, perplexed, baffled, stumped, mystified, stupefied, nonplussed, muddled, befuddled, fuddled, dumbfounded, at sea, at a loss, at sixes and sevens, thrown (off balance ), taken aback, disoriented, disconcerted, discomposed, troubled, discomfited, unnerved, shaken, shaken up, dazed, stunned, astonished, astounded; informal flummoxed, bamboozled, discombobulated, clueless, fazed, floored, beaten; Canadian & Austral. /NZ informal bushed; archaic wildered, mazed, distracted. 2 her frail and confused elderly mother: demented, bewildered, muddled, addled, befuddled, disoriented, disorientated, (all ) at sea, unbalanced, unhinged, senile, with Alzheimer's disease. ANTONYMS lucid. 3 the first confused reports of the massacre: chaotic, muddled, jumbled, unclear, untidy, disordered, disorderly, disarranged, out of order, disorganized, upset, topsy-turvy, at sixes and sevens; informal higgledy-piggledy. ANTONYMS clear. 4 a confused recollection: vague, unclear, indistinct, imprecise, blurred, nebulous, hazy, woolly, foggy, shadowy, dim, imperfect, sketchy, obscure, remote. ANTONYMS precise. 5 the bones lay in a confused mass: disorderly, disordered, disorganized, disarranged, in disarray, out of order, out of place, untidy, muddled, jumbled, in a jumble, in a mess, mixed up, chaotic, upset, haywire, upside-down, topsy-turvy, at sixes and sevens; informal higgledy-piggledy, every which way; Brit. informal shambolic, like a dog's dinner /breakfast. ANTONYMS neat.

 

confusing

confusing adjective the instructions are a little confusing: bewildering, baffling, difficult (to understand ), unclear, perplexing, puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, disconcerting; ambiguous, misleading, inconsistent, contradictory; unaccountable, inexplicable, impenetrable, unfathomable, above one's head, beyond one; complex, complicated, involved, intricate, convoluted, labyrinthine, Byzantine; archaic wildering. ANTONYMS clear.

 

confusion

confusion noun 1 there seems to be some confusion about which system does what: uncertainty, lack of certainty, unsureness, indecision, hesitation, hesitancy, scepticism, doubt, ignorance; rare dubiety, incertitude. ANTONYMS certainty. 2 she looked about her in confusion: bewilderment, bafflement, perplexity, puzzlement, mystification, stupefaction, disorientation, befuddlement, muddle; discomfiture, discomposure, shock, daze, devastation; wonder, wonderment, astonishment; informal bamboozlement, discombobulation; rare disconcertment, disconcertion. 3 your personal life seems to have been thrown into utter confusion: disorder, disarray, disorganization, disorderliness, untidiness, chaos, mayhem, bedlam, pandemonium, madness, havoc, turmoil, tumult, commotion, disruption, upheaval, furore, frenzy, uproar, babel, hurly-burly, maelstrom, muddle, mess, shambles; a mare's nest, anarchy, entropy; informal hullabaloo, all hell broken loose, a madhouse; N. Amer. informal a three-ring circus; rare disarrangement. ANTONYMS order. 4 a confusion of brown cardboard boxes: jumble, muddle, mess, heap, tangle, entanglement, tumble, welter, litter, shambles.

 

French Dictionary

confus

confus , use adj. adjectif 1 Désolé. : Je suis confuse, je ne voulais pas vous déranger. SYNONYME navré . 2 Indistinct. : Un bruit confus. 3 Embrouillé, obscur. : Un exposé confus. ANTONYME clair ; limpide . Note Orthographique confu s.

 

confusément

confusément adv. adverbe De façon confuse. : Le suspect répondit confusément aux questions des enquêteurs.

 

confusion

confusion n. f. nom féminin Désordre, manque d ’ordre. : Après l ’explosion, la confusion la plus totale régnait.

 

Spanish Dictionary

confusamente

confusamente adverbio Con confusión desorden o falta de claridad :en la radio sonaba confusamente una voz aguda de mujer entre maracas y trompetas; mientras pensaba confusamente en todas estas cosas, no dejaba de mirar alrededor .

 

confusión

confusión nombre femenino 1 Falta de orden o de claridad cuando hay muchas personas o cosas juntas :aprovechando la confusión, los ladrones intentaron huir .2 Error o equivocación causados por entender, utilizar o tomar una cosa por otra :la confusión entre los términos “segmentación ” y “tipología ” es más profunda y merece un tratamiento más amplio .3 Perplejidad, y a menudo desasosiego, que siente una persona al no saber cómo reaccionar ni qué decir o pensar :confusión mental; tras el primer momento de confusión por la nube blanca que provocó la explosión, algunos vecinos bajaron a la calle a ayudar; los puristas son bastante incrédulos y no aceptan estos fenómenos, que suponen ciertos grados de falsificación y siembran dosis de confusión en el conocimiento a escala popular .

 

confusionismo

confusionismo nombre masculino Falta de claridad en una idea o en un discurso, en especial si se produce intencionadamente :la diferenciación de los conceptos en libros en que figuraban con el mismo nombre estaba creando un gran confusionismo .

 

confusionista

confusionista adjetivo 1 Del confusionismo o relacionado con él .2 nombre común Persona que practica el confusionismo .

 

confuso, -sa

confuso, -sa adjetivo 1 Que carece de claridad, orden o precisión, o que se manifiesta de una forma difícil de comprender o percibir :emitieron un sonido confuso; todo era confuso a mi alrededor; una señalización confusa; se ve confuso y borroso .2 [persona ] Que no sabe qué pensar, qué hacer o qué decir :ella también se siente así, confusa .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

confuse

con fuse /kənfjúːz /〖con (共に )fuse (注ぐ )〗(名 )confusion 動詞 ～s /-ɪz /; ～d /-d /; -fusing 他動詞 (!be ～dなど分詞形容詞用法については →confused , confusing ) 1 〈人 物 事が 〉〈人 〉を困惑 [当惑 ]させる, まごつかせる ▸ His explanation really confused me .彼の説明に頭がすっかり混乱した .2 〈人が 〉〈人 物 事 〉を混同する , ごっちゃにする ; 【人 物と 】〈人 物 〉を取り違える (mix up ) «with » ▸ confuse the authors of the same name 同名の著者を混同する ▸ Don't confuse credit cards with bank cards .クレジットカードと銀行のカードを間違えないように 3 〈問題 議論など 〉を (余計に )混乱させる , 理解しにくくさせる ▸ confuse the issue 問題を (余計に )混乱させる

 

confused

con fused /kənfjúːzd /→confuse 形容詞 1 〈人が 〉 «…に » 混乱した, 困惑 [当惑 ]した, まごついた «about , by , at » ; 記憶 [判断 ]力の衰えた, ぼけた ▸ get [become ] confused about the balance between work and home 仕事と家庭の両立にとまどう ▸ I felt totally [utterly ] confused .何が何だかさっぱりわからなかった .2 〈事 状況が 〉混乱した, あいまいな, ごちゃごちゃの .con f ú s ed ly /-ɪdli /副詞 当惑 [混乱 ]して, うろたえて .

 

confusing

con f ú s ing /kənfjúːzɪŋ /形容詞 【人を 】混乱させる, 困惑させる, まごつかせる «to » ; こんがらがった .～ly 副詞 混乱 [困惑 ]させて ; 〖文修飾 〗理解しがたいことだが .

 

confusion

con fu sion /kənfjúːʒ (ə )n /→confuse 名詞 U (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) 1 «…に関する » (頭 心の )混乱, 当惑 , ろうばい , うろたえ «about , over , as to » ▸ create [lead to ] considerable confusion 大きな混乱を生じる [につながる ]▸ They looked at each other in confusion .彼らは当惑して互いを見た 2 «…との /…の間の » 混同 , 取り違え «with /between » ▸ confusion between private and public matters 公私の混同 ▸ To avoid confusion , please put your name down .取り違えないように名前を書いてください .3 混乱 (状態 ), 乱雑 ; 騒動 (↔order )▸ In (all ) the confusion , I lost sight of her .混乱の中で私は彼女を見失った .4 〘心 〙精神錯乱, 意識障害 .