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    [Verb]  | "con*fuse" | \ kən-ˈfyüz \


    1: to disturb in mind or purpose : throw off

    2: to make indistinct : blur

    3: to fail to differentiate from an often similar or related other

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English confusen, back-formation from confused "frustrated, ruined," participle based on Anglo-French confus, borrowed from Latin confūsus, past participle of confundere "to pour together, blend, bring into disorder, destroy, disconcert" {mat|confound|};

    [Verb]  | "confuse" 


    1: to throw into a state of mental uncertainty;


      * e.g., " ... the similar-sounding words censure and censor often confuse people "




    2: to make (something) unclear to the understanding;


      * e.g., " ... stop confusing the issue with irrelevant facts "




    3: to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related;


      * e.g., " ... a lot of people confuse popular fame with enduring achievement "




     [ "confuse" ]

    1: Make no sense

      * e.g.,  ... Last time you gave me a pie, I cut into it, and birds flew out of it, hitting me in the face and chin. I was confused. It was a trick pie 

     [ "confused" ]

    1: not knowing what is going on

      * e.g.,  ... what 

     [ "confused" ]

    2: what

     [ "confused" ]

    1: the word that is most often used by women and men when they don't know how a relationship is going, or if there is a relation ship.

      * e.g.,  ... ME: So is there an us? 

     [ "confusion" ]

    1: this really weird feeling you get in your gut when you know somethings not right. or, not being in control and knowing what acctually is happening

      * e.g.,  ... jen- idk this is like complete confusion, i mean like when he kissed me last night, uknow? sam-yeah i get you jen- i thought he didnt like me sam-yeah jen-/= 

     [ "confusion" ]

    2: no one likes to be confused/=

     [ "confused" ]

    1: unable to grasp the truth behind a given emotion or concept

      * e.g.,  ... Jack was confused that Arnold said something bad about Daisy because Jack knew Daisy to be a wise person. 

     [ "Confused" ]

    1: What? How did I get here? Where the...

      * e.g.,  ... Hey! What's going on? Jesus Christ! TELL ME!! What the?? I'm confused!! What's going on here? AHHH! 

     [ "confused" ]

    1: See George Bush

      * e.g.,  ... George Bush is so confused he thinks he's a suitable president 

     [ "confusion" ]

    1: Complete misundertanding of a persons words, thoughts or actions or heard or seen. Usually resulting in embarassment, laughter, hatred, fighting(be it words or weapons), and in some cases, attraction.

      * e.g.,  ... I was in a state of complete confusion when I entered the church and saw the devil raping kids. 

     [ "confusical" ]

    1: to be musically confused.

      * e.g.,  ... as when listening to Japanese music music, relating it to something else, and becoming confused. 

     [ "Confused" ]

    1: A highly offensive term for bisexual people. It's just as offensive as calling a homosexual the "F-A word"

      * e.g.,  ... Jerk: "That guy is making out with another guy, he's under 18 so he must be confused" 

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