CONFUSED

confused

(adjective) mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; “the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused”

confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected

(adjective) lacking orderly continuity; “a confused set of instructions”; “a confused dream about the end of the world”; “disconnected fragments of a story”; “scattered thoughts”

broken, confused, disordered, upset

(adjective) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; “troops fleeing in broken ranks”; “a confused mass of papers on the desk”; “the small disordered room”; “with everything so upset”

confused, disoriented, lost

(adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; “I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway”; “the anesthetic left her completely disoriented”

baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea

(adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; “obviously bemused by his questions”; “bewildered and confused”; “a cloudy and confounded philosopher”; “just a mixed-up kid”; “she felt lost on the first day of school”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

confused

simple past tense and past participle of confuse

Adjective

confused (comparative more confused, superlative most confused)

(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand

(of a person or animal) disoriented

chaotic, jumbled or muddled

making no sense; illogical

embarrassed

Synonyms

• (unable to think clearly or understand): puzzled, perplexed, dazed

Hyponyms

• often-confused

Anagrams

• foncused

Source: Wiktionary


CONFUSE

Con*fuse", a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See Confound.]

Definition: Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] Baret.

Con*fuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confused; p. pr. & vb. n. Confusing.]

1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.

A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. Milton.

2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self- possession.

Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. Tennyson.

Confused and sadly she at length replied. Pope.

Syn. -- To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See Abash.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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