Perplexingly and Confusing

verb

• Mistake one thing for another.
  • usage: "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
  • synonyms: confuse, confound
• Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
  • usage: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
  • synonyms: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
• Cause to feel embarrassment.
  • usage: "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
  • synonyms: confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
• Assemble without order or sense.
  • usage: "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
  • synonyms: jumble, confuse, mix up
• Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.
  • usage: "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
  • synonyms: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate

adjective

• Causing confusion or disorientation.
  • usage: "a confusing jumble of road signs"; "being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child"
• Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity.
  • usage: "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"
  • synonyms: perplexing, puzzling