Definition of confused Confused

/kʌnfjuˈzd/ - [kunfyuzd] - con•fused

We found 12 definitions of confused from 5 different sources.

What does confused mean?

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Adjective
confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"
		clear-thinking, clearheaded not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently
		perplexed full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"
		addlebrained, addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded stupid and confused; "blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are"; "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne
		muddled, woolly-headed, wooly-minded, addled, muzzy, befuddled, wooly, woolly confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"
		befogged, befuddled stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled mind"; "a mind befogged with drink"
		clouded mentally disordered; "a mind clouded by sorrow"
		dazed, stupefied, stunned, stupid in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue"
		dazzled stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering; "I fall back dazzled at beholding myself all rosy red, / At having, I myself, caused the sun to rise."- `Chanticler' by Rostand
		trancelike as if in a trance
		punch-drunk, slaphappy, silly dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
confused - lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"
		disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
		incoherent unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief"
confused - 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"
		disoriented, lost
		unoriented not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained; "engaged in unoriented study"; "unoriented until she looked at the map"
confused - 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"
		baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
		perplexed full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"
confused - 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"
		broken, disordered, upset

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Wiktionary

confused (Adjective)
chaotic, jumbled or muddled.
confused (Adjective)
Making no sense; illogical.
confused (Adjective)
embarrassed.

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confused (imp. & p. p.)
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confused
Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.
confused
Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity.