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confused   (TTS Sound)

The verb confuse has 5 senses

• confuse, confound -- (mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary")


• confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate -- (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, flurry, disconcert, put off -- (cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her")


• jumble, confuse, mix up -- (assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence")


• confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate -- (make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions")

The adj confused has 5 senses

• baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea -- (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")


• confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected -- (lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts")


• confused, disoriented, lost -- (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")


• broken, confused, disordered, upset -- (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")


• confused -- (mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused")