confused

Definition of confused in English English dictionary: embarrassed; chaotic, jumbled or muddled; making no sense; illogical; Simple past tense and past participle of confuse; mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"; Something that is confused does not have any order or pattern and is difficult to understand. The situation remains confused as both sides claim success; {s} bewildered, mystified, mixed up; If you are confused, you do not know exactly what is happening or what to do. A survey showed people were confused about what they should eat to stay healthy Things were happening too quickly and Brian was confused. = bewildered; Befuddled and unable to determine a course of action A confused character’s actions are determined by rolling 1d10 for each round the condition is in effect On a result of 1, the character wanders away (unless prevented) for 1 minute On a result of 2–6, the character does nothing for 1 round On a result of 7–9, the character attacks the nearest creature for 1 round On a result of 10, the character acts normally for 1 round Any confused creature who is attacked, however, automatically responds in kind at the next opportunity, regardless of the die roll results This condition usually results from a spell or magical effect; 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"; past of confuse; adj bingung; 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"; A status effect in the Pokémon TCG If your Active Pokémon is confused, you must flip a coin each time you attack or retreat When attacking, if you flip heads, the attack works as it normally would If the toss is tails, you have to do 20 damage (applying Weakness and Resistance) to yourself When retreating, you must pay the retreat cost and then flip a coin If the toss is heads, you retreat; if it is tails, you do not retreat --- D ---; 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"; {a} hugger-mugger; bollixed
confused him: bewildered him
confused words: disordered speech, muddled language, confounded words, bewildered words
confuse: To rout; discomfit
confuse: To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder
confuse: {v} to confound, perplex, hurry, mix
confusedly: {a} hastily, indirectly, in a lump
Confusedly: mingledly
confus: Confused, disturbed
confuse: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
confuse: make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse"
confuse: To confuse a situation means to make it complicated or difficult to understand. To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with
confuse: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
confuse: If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one. Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects I can't see how anyone could confuse you with another! + confusion con·fu·sion Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion
confuse: To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass
confuse: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her
confuse: To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession
confuse: To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder
confuse: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse" be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her
confuse: To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision
confuse: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
confuse: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
confuse: Mixed; confounded
confuse: To mistake one thing for another
confuse: {f} embarrass; bewilder; mix up
confuse: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
confuse: To confuse someone means to make it difficult for them to know exactly what is happening or what to do. German politics surprised and confused him
confuse: {f} befog
confusedly: in a disordered manner, in a confused manner
confusedly: in a confused manner; "Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him
confusedly: In a confused manner
his mind is confused: he is unable to think clearly, he does not act normally
totally confused: completely perplexed, bewildered
utterly confused: completely confused, cannot tell his left hand from his right hand

confused

Hyphenation

con·fused

Turkish pronunciation

kınfyuzd

Synonyms

puzzled, perplexed, abashed, addled, at a loss, at sea, at sixes and sevens, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, come apart, dazed, discombobulated, disconcerted, disorganized

Antonyms

clear, organized, oriented, understanding, methodical, ordered, separated, systematic

Pronunciation

/kənˈfyo͞ozd/ /kənˈfjuːzd/

Etymology

[ k&n-'fyüz ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. back-formation from Middle English confused perplexed, from Middle French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere.