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Word entry · 7 letters

confuse

Best crossword clue

"Make unclear"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /kənˈfjuːz/Part of speech verbSorted cefnosuStarts with CEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. mistake one thing for another

Word origin

Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.

Used in a sentence

  • It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
  • "What confuses me is how other insurance companies knew about it," said Zhang, a 26-year-old government employee from Shandong.
  • People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Make unclear7 letters
02Mix up7 letters

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