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Confused

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Adjective

1. at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up

perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected

lacking orderly continuity

Example Sentences:
'a confused set of instructions'
'a confused dream about the end of the world'
'disconnected fragments of a story'
'scattered thoughts'

3. confused, disoriented, lost

having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity

Example Sentences:
'I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway'
'the anesthetic left her completely disoriented'

4. broken, confused, disordered, upset

thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

Example Sentences:
'troops fleeing in broken ranks'
'a confused mass of papers on the desk'
'the small disordered room'
'with everything so upset'

5. confused

mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently

Example Sentences:
'the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Confused

see synonyms of confused
adjective
1. 
feeling or exhibiting an inability to understand; bewildered; perplexed
2. 
in a disordered state; mixed up; jumbled
3. 
lacking sufficient mental abilities for independent living, esp through old age

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Confused

see synonyms of confused
adj.
1. Being unable to think with clarity or act with understanding and intelligence.
2.
a. Lacking logical order or sense: a confused set of rules.
b. Chaotic; jumbled: a confused mass of papers.

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