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Antonyms for confused
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuhn-fyooz |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfyuz |
Definition of confused
Origin :- early 14c., "discomfited, routed, defeated" (of groups), serving at first as an alternative past participle of confound, as Latin confusus was the past participle of confundere "to pour together, mix, mingle; to join together;" hence, figuratively, "to throw into disorder; to trouble, disturb, upset." The Latin past participle also was used as an adjective, with reference to mental states, "troubled, embarrassed," and this passed into Old French as confus "dejected, downcast, undone, defeated, discomfited in mind or feeling," which passed to Middle English as confus (14c.; e.g. Chaucer: "I am so confus, that I may not seye"), which then was assimilated to the English past participle pattern by addition of -ed. Of individuals, "discomfited in mind, perplexed," from mid-14c.; of ideas, speech, thought, etc., from 1610s. By mid-16c., the word seems to have been felt as a pure adj., and it evolved a back-formed verb in confuse. Few English etymologies are more confused.
- adj disoriented mentally
- adj mixed up, disordered
- He was almost surprised that he recognized it, everything was so confused.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Frederica looked so shy, so confused, when we entered the room, that I felt for her exceedingly.
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
- After that Marian's thought was confused to the point of exasperation.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- It was only later on that Winnie obtained from him a misty and confused confession.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- But it was all so confused, I can recollect only some parts of it.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- And the Captain proceeded to give a confused account of what had passed.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Every proposition, which is not true, is there confused and unintelligible.
- Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
- The rest of the day seemed to Dilly like a confused though not an unfamiliar dream.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Confused and turbulent as Tiverton had become, Nicholas Oldfield settled her at once.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- He stood like a statue, confused, his eyes down, and his colour varying.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
Synonyms for confused
- abashed
- addled
- anarchic
- at a loss
- at sea
- at sixes and sevens
- baffled
- befuddled
- bewildered
- blurred
- chaotic
- come apart
- dazed
- disarranged
- discombobulated
- disconcerted
- disorderly
- disorganized
- distracted
- flummoxed
- flustered
- fouled up
- glassy-eyed
- gone
- haywire
- in a muddle
- in disarray
- involved
- jumbled
- messy
- miscalculated
- miscellaneous
- misled
- mistaken
- misunderstood
- mixed up
- muddled
- nonplussed
- not with it
- obscured
- out of order
- out to lunch
- perplexed
- perturbed
- punch-drunk
- punchy
- puzzled
- screwy
- shook up
- shot to pieces
- slaphappy
- snafu
- snarled
- spaced out
- stumped
- taken aback
- thrown
- thrown off balance
- topsy-turvy
- unglued
- unscrewed
- unsettled
- untidy
- unzipped
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