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Meaning of 'confused' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Confused [ imp. & p. p.]
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Meaning of 'confused' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . confused [ a]
Meaning (1):
- mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
Example in sentence:
  • the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused
2 . confused [ s]
Meaning (2):
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
Example in sentence:
  • a cloudy and confounded philosopher;
  • bewildered and confused;
  • just a mixed-up kid;
  • obviously bemused by his questions;
  • she felt lost on the first day of school
Meaning (3):
- lacking orderly continuity
Example in sentence:
  • a confused dream about the end of the world;
  • a confused set of instructions;
  • disconnected fragments of a story;
  • scattered thoughts
Meaning (4):
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
Example in sentence:
  • a confused mass of papers on the desk;
  • the small disordered room;
  • troops fleeing in broken ranks;
  • with everything so upset
Meaning (5):
- having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
Example in sentence:
  • I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway;
  • the anesthetic left her completely disoriented

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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