Synonyms of confusing

confusing 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in difficult

Synonyms & Similar Words

• difficult
• troublesome
• unpleasant
• impossible
• unwieldy
• inconvenient
• disagreeable
• embarrassing
• intolerable
• disconcerting
• uncomfortable
• disturbing
• discomfiting
• unsettling
• awkward
• flustering
• demeaning
• humiliating
• degrading
• humbling
• mortifying
• debasing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• convenient
• comfortable
• agreeable
• pleasing

2

as in perplexing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perplexing
• baffling
• puzzling
• confounding
• bewildering
• mystifying
• unknowable
• unanswerable
• inconceivable
• mysterious
• unimaginable
• unthinkable
• obscure
• cryptic
• oblique
• inscrutable
• incomprehensible
• esoteric
• enigmatic
• uncanny
• abstruse
• mystic
• unintelligible
• recondite
• indecipherable
• unfathomable
• enigmatical
• darkling
• impenetrable
• deep
• unsearchable
• occult
• ungraspable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• understandable
• basic
• intelligible
• essential
• fundamental
• easy
• elementary
• underlying
• simple
• rudimentary
• elemental
• systematic
• fathomable
• clear
• orderly
• coherent
• connected
• compelling
• convincing
• organized
• plain
• straightforward
• ordered
• cogent
• lucid
• systematized
• perspicuous
• pellucid

confusing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of confuse

1

as in baffling

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

the similar-sounding words "censure" and "censor" often confuse people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• baffling
• bewildering
• puzzling
• perplexing
• befuddling
• embarrassing
• mystifying
• disorienting
• confounding
• vexing
• disturbing
• muddling
• bemusing
• discombobulating
• upsetting
• stunning
• bothering
• flummoxing
• flustering
• bamboozling
• muddying
• rattling
• posing
• fuddling
• getting
• unsettling
• mazing
• befogging
• addling
• gravelling
• graveling
• beating
• disconcerting
• buffaloing
• foxing
• distressing
• blowing one's mind
• misleading
• discomfiting
• sticking
• going to one's head
• mortifying
• discomforting
• stumping
• disquieting
• dismaying
• nonplussing
• agitating
• perturbing
• deceiving
• abashing
• misguiding
• fazing
• beguiling
• discountenancing
• nonplusing
• weirding out
• tricking
• discomposing
• unhinging
• deluding
• fooling
• duping
• humbugging
• chagrining
• gulling
• hoaxing
• taking in
• hoodwinking
• snowing
• stringing along
• cozening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfying
• assuring
• reassuring
• informing
• enlightening

2

as in complicating

to make (something) unclear to the understanding

stop confusing the issue with irrelevant facts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complicating
• blurring
• muddying
• obfuscating
• clouding
• upsetting
• disrupting
• fogging
• perplexing
• beclouding
• disturbing
• befogging
• tangling
• scrambling
• snarling
• jumbling
• muddling
• shuffling
• disarranging
• mixing (up)
• entangling
• sophisticating
• disordering
• tousling
• dishevelling
• disarraying
• disheveling
• messing (up)
• discomposing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarifying
• illuminating
• clearing (up)
• simplifying
• streamlining
• unraveling
• straightening (out)
• analyzing
• deciphering
• undoing
• decoding
• untangling
• disentangling
• breaking down
• unscrambling

3

as in mistaking

to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related

a lot of people confuse popular fame with enduring achievement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistaking
• confounding
• conflating
• mixing (up)
• lumping (together)
• misapplying
• misnaming
• misidentifying
• miscalling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separating
• differentiating
• distinguishing
• discriminating
• differencing

4

as in embarrassing

to throw into a state of self-conscious distress

she was confused by the shocking bluntness of his marriage proposal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embarrassing
• disconcerting
• flustering
• rattling
• disturbing
• bothering
• upsetting
• unsettling
• mortifying
• discomfiting
• confounding
• distressing
• nonplusing
• nonplussing
• humiliating
• discomforting
• disquieting
• abashing
• discountenancing
• fazing
• perturbing
• dismaying
• agitating
• humbling
• shaming
• demeaning
• unhinging
• degrading
• putting off
• debasing
• chagrining
• discomposing
• putting out
• queering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comforting
• relieving
• calming
• soothing
• consoling
• encouraging
• cheering
• reassuring
• assuring
• emboldening
• heartening
• buoying

5

as in disrupting

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

vandals had hopelessly confused the papers in the office files

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupting
• disturbing
• shuffling
• upsetting
• jumbling
• muddling
• scrambling
• disarranging
• disorganizing
• mixing (up)
• snarling
• disordering
• deranging
• dislocating
• tangling
• tousling
• disarraying
• tumbling
• hashing
• mussing
• disjointing
• dishevelling
• unsettling
• disheveling
• messing (up)
• cluttering
• discomposing
• rumpling
• perturbing
• embroiling
• stirring (up)
• entangling
• agitating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ordering
• regulating
• organizing
• ranging
• arranging
• disposing
• straightening (up)
• tidying
• classifying
• drawing up
• aligning
• marshalling
• adjusting
• marshaling
• lining
• queueing
• arraying
• queuing
• systematizing
• alining
• lining up
• codifying
• fixing
• making up
• grooming
• methodizing
• systemizing
• sprucing (up)
• unscrambling