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confused
[ kuhn-fyoozd ]
adjective
- not thinking coherently or rationally; bewildered; perplexed:
My attempt to explain was met with confused stares and shrugging shoulders.
Hopelessly confused, I just tossed my trash into what I thought was the right receptacle.
- incorrectly differentiated, identified, or associated:
You’re getting him confused with another player with the same name—this one plays for the Twins.
In this lesson, students learn the frequently confused words their, they’re, and there.
- without order; jumbled:
Over time, the original neat lines of tents grew into a confused tangle of canvas-roofed shelters.
What was once an imposing fortress is now just a confused heap of erect and fallen stones.
- disconcerted, perturbed, or ashamed:
I emerged from the office red-faced and confused.
- expressed in a way that is not easily understood:
The novel plods along trying to provide hopelessly confused technical detail, much of which is blatantly impossible according to the elementary laws of physics.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of confuse.
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz·ڳܲ·· [k, uh, n-, fyoo, -zid-lee, -, fyoozd, -], adverb
- Dz·ڳܲ··Ա noun
- pre·Dz·ڳܲ·· adverb
- ··Dz·ڳܲ adjective
- ܲ·Dz·ڳܲ adjective
- un·Dz·ڳܲ·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of confused1
Example Sentences
It proclaims that the confused desires of a supposed majority constitute Rousseau’s “general will,” and must not be weakened by intermediary institutions like legislatures or independent courts.
The Hindustan Times newspaper called it a film grappling with "an identity crisis, an overlong run time and a confused mess of a script".
The system for serving the county’s unhoused population is under “tremendous strain,” with too many agencies confused about their role, the authors wrote.
A young Roffman, who was always more Team Snow White than Sleeping Beauty when it came to battles for classic Disney princess dominance, was confused and starstruck.
He says that John was dishevelled and confused: "He was just abandoned. He hardly went out of that room and it was in a terrible state."
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