confused
1confused — adj. 1. same as {confounded}; as, bewildered and confused. Syn: at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, mazed, mixed up. [WordNet 1.5] 2. lacking orderly continuity. Syn: disconnected, disjointed, disordered, disorganized, desultory,… …
2confused — early 14c., discomfited, routed, defeated (of groups), serving at first as an alternative pp. of CONFOUND (Cf. confound), as Latin confusus was the pp. of confundere to pour together, mix, mingle; to join together; hence, figuratively, to throw… …
3confused — [adj1] disoriented mentally abashed, addled, at a loss*, at sea*, at sixes and sevens*, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, come apart*, dazed, discombobulated*, disconcerted, disorganized, distracted, flummoxed, flustered, fouled up*, glassy eyed*,… …
4confused — index ambiguous, complex, deranged, disjointed, disordered, disorderly, haphazard, inextricable, lost ( …
5confused — ► ADJECTIVE 1) bewildered. 2) lacking order and so difficult to understand or distinguish. DERIVATIVES confusedly adverb …
6confused — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get ▪ He was beginning to get rather confused …
7confused */*/ — UK [kənˈfjuːzd] / US [kənˈfjuzd] adjective Metaphor: Being confused is like being lost or being in the wrong place or position. You ve lost me. What do you mean? ♦ I was completely at sea: it was all so new to me. ♦ I felt adrift and alone, with… …
8confused — con|fused [ kən fjuzd ] adjective ** 1. ) unable to understand something or think clearly about it: She was starting to feel a bit confused. confused about: I m still a little confused about what happened. totally/utterly/thoroughly/hopelessly… …
9confused — adjective 1. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment (Freq. 5) obviously bemused by his questions bewildered and confused a cloudy and confounded philosopher just a mixed up kid she felt lost on the first… …
10confused — con|fused S3 [kənˈfju:zd] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere; CONFOUND] 1.) unable to understand or think clearly what someone is saying or what is happening ▪ I m totally… …
