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Definitions for Confused
[1] to perplex or bewilder: The flood of questions confused me.
[2] to make unclear or indistinct: The rumors and angry charges tended to confuse the issue.
[3] to fail to distinguish between; associate by mistake; confound: to confuse dates; He always confuses the twins.
[4] to disconcert or abash: His candor confused her.
[5] to combine without order; jumble; disorder: Try not to confuse the papers on the desk.
[6] Archaic . to bring to ruin or naught.
[7] feeling or exhibiting an inability to understand; bewildered; perplexed
[8] in a disordered state; mixed up; jumbled
[9] lacking sufficient mental abilities for independent living, esp through old age
[10] to bewilder; perplex
[11] to mix up (things, ideas, etc); jumble
[12] to make unclear he confused his talk with irrelevant details
[13] to fail to recognize the difference between; mistake (one thing) for another
[14] to disconcert; embarrass
[15] to cause to become disordered the enemy ranks were confused by gas
Words related to Confused
confusemuddled, bewildered, perplexed, puzzled, distracted, perturbed, befuddled, dazed, disorganized, baffled, chaotic, messy, thrown, gone, abashed, addled, disconcerted, discombobulated, stumped, misled
Words nearby Confused
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Origin of Confused
back formation from confused (since early 19th century), Middle English confused < Anglo-French confus (with -ed -ed2 maintaining participial sense) < Latin confūsus, past participle of confundere; see confound
Other words from Confused
con·fus·a·ble , adjective
con·fus·a·bil·i·ty , noun
con·fus·a·bly , adverb
con·fus·ed·ly [kuh n-fyoo -zid-lee, -fyoozd -] /kənˈfyu zɪd li, -ˈfyuzd-/ , adverb
con·fus·ed·ness , noun
pre·con·fuse , verb (used with object), pre·con·fused, pre·con·fus·ing.
pre·con·fus·ed·ly , adverb
re·con·fuse , verb (used with object), re·con·fused, re·con·fus·ing.
su·per·con·fused , adjective
un·con·fus·a·ble , adjective
un·con·fus·a·bly , adverb
un·con·fused , adjective
un·con·fus·ed·ly , adverb
Word origin for Confused
C18: back formation from confused, from Latin confūsus mingled together, from confundere to pour together; see confound
Synonyms for Confused
baffled, befuddled, bewildered, dazed, disorganized, distracted, muddled, perplexed, perturbed, puzzled, abashed, addled, discombobulated, disconcerted, flummoxed, flustered, gone, misled, nonplussed, stumped, thrown, unscrewed, unzipped, at a loss, at sea, at sixes and sevens, come apart, fouled up, glassy-eyed, mixed up, not with it, out to lunch, punch-drunk, punchy, screwy, shook up, shot to pieces, slaphappy, spaced out, taken aback, thrown off balance, unglued