confused
adjUK /kənˈfjuːzd/ · CA, US /kənˈfjuzd/
Etymology Originally from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus + Middle English -ed (past participial suffix), from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō; now equivalent to confuse (a back-formation) + -ed.
1
Of a person unable to think clearly or understand
- A new survey suggests that most Americans are confused about what counts as a healthy food choice.2017 May 16, Jacqueline Howard, “‘Healthy’ foods have most of us confused, survey finds”, in CNN:
2
Of a person or animal disoriented
3
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
4
making no sense; illogical
5
embarrassed
- Synonyms
46 terms
confounded, puzzled, perplexed, dazed, mixed-up, addle-pated, addled, addlepated, at a loss, at a loss for words, at sea, at sixes and sevens, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, confused, confuzzled, dazzled, discombobulated, disconcerted, dumbfounded, flabagasted, flabbergasted, flabbergastered, flummoxed, flustered, fluttered, jumbled, lost for words, minussed, misled, mixed up, muddled, muzzy, mystified, nonplussed, not with it, out of it, out to lunch, punch-drunk, spaced out, speechless, stumped, stymied, thrown, up a tree- Derived terms
- confuddled, confused deputy, confused flour beetle, confusedly, confusedness, foncused, I'm confused, inconfused, nipple-confused, nonconfused
- Hyponyms
- often-confused