confuses

verb

(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand

(transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).

(transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.

(intransitive) To be confused.

(transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.

(transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.

adjective

(obsolete) Synonym of confused.

Roots

fundofus- · Latin · pour

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The word confuses breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root fus-, from Latin fundo (“pour”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.