(~s, confusing, ~d)
1.
If you ~ two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects...
I can’t see how anyone could ~ you with another!
VERB: V pl-n, V n with n
confusion
Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
To ~ someone means to make it difficult for them to know exactly what is happening or what to do.
German politics surprised and ~d him.
VERB: V n
3.
To ~ a situation means to make it complicated or difficult to understand.
To further ~ the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.
VERB: V n