confused
con·fused
adj \-ˈfyüzd\Definition of CONFUSED
1
a : being perplexed or disconcerted <the confused students> b : disoriented with regard to one's sense of time, place, or identity <the patient became confused>
2
: indistinguishable <a zigzag, crisscross, confused trail — Harry Hervey>
3
: being disordered or mixed up <a contradictory and often confused story>
— con·fused·ly \-ˈfyü-zəd-lē, -ˈfyüzd-\ adverb
— con·fused·ness \-ˈfyü-zəd-nəs, -ˈfyüz(d)-\ noun
See Examples of CONFUSED
- I've never been so confused.
- We're confused about what to do next.
- He gave a confused speech denying the accusations.
First Known Use of CONFUSED
14th century
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Synonyms: chaotic, cluttered, messy, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, littered, messed, muddled, mussed, mussy, pell-mell, rumpled, sloppy, topsy-turvy, tousled, tumbled, unkempt, untidy, upside-down
Related Words: doiled; bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, grungy, mucky, nasty, smudged, soiled, spotted, squalid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly; dowdy, frowsy (or frowzy), shaggy, slatternly, sloven, slovenly, uncombed; wrinkled; adulterated, contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainted; knotted, snarled, tangled; seedy, shabby, sleazy, sordid; neglected, neglectful, negligent
Near Antonyms: antiseptic, clean, cleaned, cleanly, hygienic, immaculate, sparkling, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied; methodical (also methodic), regular, systematic, systematized; careful, fastidious, finicky, fussy, meticulous; combed, groomed, manicured, well-groomed; taintless, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, wholesome
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