bewildered, mystified, mixed up
embarrass; bewilder; mix up
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(imp. & p. p.)
of Confuse
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Confuse
confused
adj
1. 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" [syn: baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
2. lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" [syn: disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected]
3. 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" [syn: disoriented, lost]
4. 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" [syn: broken, disordered, upset]
5. mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused" [ant: clearheaded]
Bugad = n. a confused noise
Damdwrdd = n. a confused stir
Erddrwng = a. confused
Pendraphen = a. huddled; confused
Traffaith = a. very confused
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
(similar) perplexed
2. lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"
(synonym) disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
(similar) incoherent
3. 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"
(synonym) disoriented, lost
(similar) unoriented
4. 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"
(synonym) broken, disordered, upset
(similar) disorganized, disorganised
5. mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"
(antonym) clearheaded, clear-thinking
(similar) addlebrained, addlepated, potty, puddingheaded, muddleheaded
(see-also) perplexed
Verb
1. mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
(synonym) confound
(hypernym) mistake, misidentify
(verb-group) blur, obscure, obnubilate
(derivation) confusion, mix-up
2. 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"
(synonym) throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) demoralize
(verb-group) flurry, disconcert, put off
(derivation) confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, disarray
3. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
(synonym) flurry, disconcert, put off
(hypernym) embarrass, abash
(hyponym) fluster
(verb-group) throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
(derivation) confusion, discombobulation
4. assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
(synonym) jumble, mix up
(hypernym) assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
(hyponym) addle, muddle, puddle
(verb-group) confound
(derivation) confusion
5. make unclear or incomprehensible; "The new tax return forms only confuse"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(verb-group) blur, obscure, obnubilate
6. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
(synonym) blur, obscure, obnubilate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) muddy
(verb-group) confound
Confused Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Confusion (from Latin confusio, -onis, noun of action from confundere "to pour together", or "to mingle together" also "to confuse") is the state of being bewildered or unclear in one’s mind about something:
Medical Term
"Acute Mental Confusion" is used interchangeably with Delirium in International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and Medical Subject Headings to describe a pathological degree in which it usually refers to loss of orientation (ability to place oneself correctly in the world by time, location, and/or personal identity) sometimes accompanied by disordered consciousness and often memory (ability to correctly recall previous events or learn new material). Confusion as such is not synonymous with inability to focus attention, although severe inability to focus attention can cause, or greatly contribute to, confusion. Together, confusion and inability to focus attention (both of which affect judgment) are the twin symptoms of a loss or lack of normal brain function (cognition). The milder degrees of confusion as pathological symptoms are relative to previous function. Thus (for example) a mathematician confused about manipulation of simple fractions may be showing pathology which would not be diagnosable in a person without training in this area. Thus, as with the case of delirium, the minor degrees of pathological confusion cannot be diagnosed without knowledge of a person's "baseline", or normal, level of mental functioning.| See more at Wikipedia.org... |
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