CONFUSED
Dictionary entry overview: What does confused mean?
• CONFUSED (adjective)
The adjective CONFUSED has 5 senses:
1. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
2. lacking orderly continuity
3. having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
4. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
5. mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
Familiarity information: CONFUSED used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• CONFUSED (adjective)
Meaning:
Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
Synonyms:
mazed; confused; confounded; bewildered; baffled; at sea; mixed-up; bemused; befuddled; lost
Context examples:
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
Similar:
perplexed (full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment)
Meaning:
Lacking orderly continuity
Synonyms:
disjointed; garbled; scattered; illogical; disordered; confused; unconnected; disconnected
Context examples:
a confused set of instructions / a confused dream about the end of the world / disconnected fragments of a story / scattered thoughts
Similar:
incoherent (without logical or meaningful connection)
Meaning:
Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
Synonyms:
disoriented; lost; confused
Context examples:
I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway / the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
Similar:
unoriented (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained)
Meaning:
Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
Synonyms:
disordered; upset; confused; broken
Context examples:
troops fleeing in broken ranks / a confused mass of papers on the desk / the small disordered room / with everything so upset
Similar:
disorganised; disorganized (lacking order or methodical arrangement or function)
Meaning:
Mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
Context example:
the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused
Similar:
addlebrained; addlepated; muddleheaded; potty; puddingheaded (stupid and confused; used especially of persons)
spaced-out (confused or disoriented as if intoxicated through taking a drug)
punch-drunk; silly; slaphappy (dazed from or as if from repeated blows)
trancelike (as if in a trance)
dazzled (stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering)
dazed; stunned; stupefied; stupid (in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock)
clouded (mentally disordered)
befogged; befuddled (stupefied by alcoholic drink)
addled; befuddled; muddled; muzzy; woolly; woolly-headed; wooly; wooly-minded (confused and vague; used especially of thinking)
Also:
perplexed (full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment)
Antonym:
clearheaded (not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently)
