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confused

[kuhn-fyoozd]

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. disconcerted, perturbed, or ashamed.

    I emerged from the office red-faced and confused.

  5. 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

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of confuse.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • confusedly adverb
  • confusedness noun
  • preconfusedly adverb
  • superconfused adjective
  • unconfused adjective
  • unconfusedly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of confused1

First recorded in 1350–1400; confuse ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; confuse ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
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“I was frozen. I didn’t react. I was terrified and confused and ashamed and scared.”

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“Our challenge now is to make you question whether you hate Abby at all and maybe make you start to love her and then be confused,” Mazin says.

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On Facebook, liberals posting about the shooting are already seeing confused friends and relatives show up in their comments, asserting a connection between Boelter and Walz that isn't there.

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“They shouldn’t be confused,” he told The Times.

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“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.

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