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

Examples of CONFUSED

1. I've never been so confused.
2. We're confused about what to do next.
3. He gave a confused speech denying the accusations.

First Known Use of CONFUSED

14th century

Related to CONFUSED

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

Antonyms: bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered

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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