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confused

  • adjective
  • /kənˈfjuːzd/

unable to think clearly or understand

Other meanings

  1. chaotic, jumbled or muddled

  2. making no sense; illogical

Related words

  • confuddled
  • confusedly
  • confusedness
  • inconfused
  • nonconfused
  • confused deputy
  • confused flour beetle
  • foncused
  • I'm confused
  • nipple-confused

Example sentences

  • “Did I have them confused with someone else?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “Perhaps you have me confused with someone else.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Latin "cōnfūsus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “confused” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.