misidentify, mistake - identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"

obnubilate, obscure, blur, confuse - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

confuse - make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse"

mix up, jumble, confuse - assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

demoralize - confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"

bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, baffle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, get - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off - cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

disorient, disorientate - cause to be lost or disoriented

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

fluster - cause to be nervous or upset

bother - make confused or perplexed or puzzled

distract, deflect - draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

abash, embarrass - cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"

addle, muddle, puddle - mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"

assemble, put together, tack together, set up, piece, tack - make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"

obnubilate, obscure, blur, confuse - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"

confuse - make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse"

muddy - cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction"