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confusable
con·fuse C0565100 (kən-fyo͞oz′)v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr.1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.b. Archaic To cause to feel embarrassment.2. a. To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another: confused effusiveness with affection.b. To make more complex or difficult to understand: "The old labels ... confuse debate instead of clarifying it" (Christopher Lasch).v.intr. To make something unclear or incomprehensible: a new tax code that only confuses.
[Middle English confusen, from Old French confus, perplexed, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundere, to mix together; see confound.]
con·fus′a·ble adj.con·fus′ing·ly adv.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | confusable - so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"mistakablesimilar - marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" |
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Related to confusable: comfortableSynonyms for confusableadj so similar as to be easily identified for another thingSynonymsRelated Words |