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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.
What 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.
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Other Words From
- con·fus·ed·ly [k, uh, n-, fyoo, -zid-lee, -, fyoozd, -], adverb
- con·fus·ed·ness noun
- pre·con·fus·ed·ly adverb
- su·per·con·fused adjective
- un·con·fused adjective
- un·con·fus·ed·ly adverb
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Origin of confused1
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