v.tr.
1. a disconcert, perplex, bewilder. b embarrass.
2 mix up in the mind; mistake (one for another).
3 make indistinct (that point confuses the issue).
4 (as confused adj.) mentally decrepit.
5 (often as confused adj.) throw into disorder (a confused jumble of clothes).
Derivatives:
confusedly adv. confusing adj. confusingly adv.
Etymology: 19th-c. back-form. f. confused (14th c.) f. OF confus f. L confusus: see confound