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confused
[kuhn-fyoozd]
adjective
not thinking coherently or rationally; bewildered; perplexed.
My attempt to explain was met with confused stares and shrugging shoulders.
Hopelessly confused, I just tossed my trash into what I thought was the right receptacle.
incorrectly differentiated, identified, or associated.
You’re getting him confused with another player with the same name—this one plays for the Twins.
In this lesson, students learn the frequently confused words their, they’re, and there.
without order; jumbled.
Over time, the original neat lines of tents grew into a confused tangle of canvas-roofed shelters.
was once an imposing fortress is now just a confused heap of erect and fallen stones.
disconcerted, perturbed, or ashamed.
I emerged from the office red-faced and confused.
expressed in a way that is not easily understood.
The novel plods along trying to provide hopelessly confused technical detail, much of which is blatantly impossible according to the elementary laws of physics.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of confuse.
Other Word Forms
- confusedly adverb
- confusedness noun
- preconfusedly adverb
- superconfused adjective
- unconfused adjective
- unconfusedly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of confused1
Example Sentences
“They shouldn’t be confused,” he told The Times.
“Now the question is, is she confused? Do we have the wrong fingerprints-to-name match? Is there a mismatch? Is there a person using a different identity?” said Coffey.
“She just ran around whining, like she was so confused.”
So when the airline called that afternoon, Mr Shaikh was confused.
“There were many other confused women of my age and circumstance who’d been married just as long, sharing my situation.”
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