Confused | Definition of confused by Merriam-Webster

Full Definition of CONFUSED

1

a : being perplexed or disconcerted <the confused students>

b : disoriented with regard to one's sense of time, place, or identity <the patient became confused>

2

: indistinguishable <a zigzag, crisscross, confused trail — Harry Hervey>

3

: being disordered or mixed up <a contradictory and often confused story>

— con·fused·ly \-ˈfyü-zəd-lē, -ˈfyüzd-\ adverb

— con·fused·ness \-ˈfyü-zəd-nəs, -ˈfyüz(d)-\ noun

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14th century

Synonyms: chaotic, cluttered, messy, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, littered, messed, muddled, mussed, mussy, pell-mell, rumpled, sloppy, topsy-turvy, tousled, tumbled, unkempt, untidy, upside-down

Antonyms: bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered

: affected with mental confusion

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