Confuse crossword clue 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 letters

If “Confuse” appears in your grid, this list can save time by offering answers that were used in finished puzzles where the clue was presented in the same or very similar way.

Likely Answers:

Synonyms and Definitions

BAFFLE

• Synonyms: amaze, baffle board, beat, bewilder, bilk, cross, dumbfound, flummox, foil, frustrate, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, queer, regulate, scotch, spoil, stick, stupefy, thwart, vex
• Definition: a level panel that guides or manages the movement of liquid or energy

BEWILDER

• Synonyms: baffle, bemuse, discombobulate, throw
• Definition: to confuse or perplex someone

BAMBOOZLE

• Synonyms: hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someones eyes, snow
• Definition: Hide ones real intentions, particularly by pretending to have good intentions, in order to achieve a desired outcome.

ADDLE

• Synonyms: muddle, puddle
• Definition: jumble or muddle

BEMUSE

• Definition: Induce emotional disorientation.

MUDDLE

• Synonyms: addle, clutter, fix, fuddle, hole, jam, jumble, kettle of fish, mares nest, mess, pickle, smother, welter
• Definition: a jumbled assortment of items

STUPEFY

• Synonyms: besot, stun
• Definition: Diminish in sharpness or intelligence, or confuse with alcohol or intense attraction.

MYSTIFY

• Definition: to be puzzling or confusing to

DERANGE

• Synonyms: perturb, throw out of kilter, unbalance
• Definition: Disturb the mind, disrupt mental stability; cause to become mentally unstable.

NONPLUS

• Definition: to confuse or perplex someone

BEFOG

• Synonyms: becloud, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure
• Definition: Reduce visibility or clarity

THROW

• Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, cam stroke, cast, cast off, confound, contrive, drop, flip, fox, give, have, hold, hurl, make, project, shake off, shed, stroke, switch, throw away, throw off, thrust
• Definition: The action of hurling (moving something swiftly using the arm and wrist)

BEFUDDLE

• Definition: To bewilder or puzzle someone; to make someone unable to think clearly

DUMBFOUND

• Definition: confuse or perplex someone

DISORIENTATE

• Synonyms: disorient
• Definition: lead to become confused or misplaced

MUDDY

• Synonyms: boggy, cloudy, dingy, dirty, marshy, mirky, miry, mucky, muddied, muddy up, murky, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, turbid, waterlogged
• Definition: Covered in mud

PERTURB

• Synonyms: cark, derange, disorder, disquiet, distract, trouble, unhinge
• Definition: Create anxiety or unease in someone, or make them feel worried or alarmed.

These answers also appear in the following pages:

• ADDLE also appears as an answer in Annoy crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 letters.
• PERTURB also appears as an answer in Stir up crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.