To sign 'confuse,' form both hands into open '5' handshapes with your fingers slightly curved, like loose claws. Hold them up in front of your face or upper chest with your palms facing each other. Move both hands in alternating circular motions, as if you are mixing something up. Your facial expression should look puzzled or bewildered to match the meaning.
Sign 'math', then sign 'confuse' while furrowing your eyebrows to show you don't understand the problem.
Point to the person, sign 'confuse', and lean forward slightly with raised eyebrows to ask a yes/no question.
Sign 'directions', then use the 'confuse' sign with a strong, exaggerated mixing motion to emphasize how mixed up they are.
Sign 'math', then sign 'confuse' while furrowing your eyebrows to show you don't understand the problem.
Point to the person, sign 'confuse', and lean forward slightly with raised eyebrows to ask a yes/no question.
Sign 'directions', then use the 'confuse' sign with a strong, exaggerated mixing motion to emphasize how mixed up they are.
In some variations, signers point to their forehead before doing the mixing motion to mean 'mixed-up thoughts.' However, the mixing motion alone, as shown here, is perfectly acceptable and widely used.
No, it doesn't strictly matter. Usually, your dominant hand will naturally take the lead or sit slightly closer to your body, but as long as the hands are circling each other, the sign is correct.
No, this specific sign is used for mental confusion. If you are talking about physically mixing ingredients for a recipe, you would use a different sign that mimics stirring a bowl.
