confused
/kən'fju:zd/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Unable to think clearly or understand: Feeling uncertain about what is happening or what to do.
- Lacking order or clear arrangement: In a state of disorder or mixed up.
- Feeling embarrassed or awkward: Feeling self-conscious or ill at ease.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The complicated instructions left him feeling confused.
- She looked confused when she entered the wrong classroom.
- His notes were confused and hard to follow.
Advanced Usage
- "to be confused about something": to not understand a specific thing.
- I am still confused about the new tax rules.
- "to get confused": to become unable to think clearly, often temporarily.
- He got confused by all the different street names.
- "confused state": a condition of mental disarray.
- The accident left him in a confused state for several hours.
Variants and Related Words
- Confuse (verb): to make someone unable to think clearly; to mistake one thing for another.
- The similar names often confuse people.
- Confusing (adjective): causing confusion; difficult to understand.
- The map was confusing and not helpful.
- Confusion (noun): the state of being confused; a situation of disorder.
- There was great confusion after the sudden announcement.
Synonyms
- Bewildered: completely puzzled or confused.
- Disoriented: having lost one's sense of direction, position, or time.
- Perplexed: completely baffled or puzzled.
- Flustered: agitated or confused, often due to nervousness.
Related Phrases
- Confused look/expression: a facial expression showing a lack of understanding.
- He gave me a confused look when I mentioned the old policy.
- Hopelessly confused: extremely and irremediably confused.
- The contradictory advice left her hopelessly confused.
Related Idioms
- All at sea: completely confused or lost.
- On my first day at the new job, I felt all at sea.
- In a fog: in a state of mental confusion.
- After the long meeting, my mind was in a fog.
Adjective
- mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
- the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- troops fleeing in broken ranks
- a confused mass of papers on the desk
- the small disordered room
- with everything so upset
- having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
- I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
- the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
- lacking orderly continuity
- a confused set of instructions
- a confused dream about the end of the world
- disconnected fragments of a story
- scattered thoughts
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- obviously bemused by his questions
- bewildered and confused
- a cloudy and confounded philosopher
- just a mixed-up kid
- she felt lost on the first day of school