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Synonyms for confusing

Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh n-fyoo-zing
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfyu zɪŋ

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Origin :
  • 1550s, in literal sense "mix or mingle things so as to render the elements indistinguishable;" attested from mid-18c. in active, figurative sense of "discomfit in mind or feeling;" not in general use until 19c., taking over senses formerly belonging to confound, dumbfound, flabbergast etc. The past participle confused (q.v.) is attested much earlier (serving as an alternative past tense to confound), and the verb here might be a back-formation from it. Related: Confusing.
  • adj puzzling
Example sentences :
  • Some sweet, confusing influence, he knew not what, passed into his blood.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • The reader should take note of this term and refrain from confusing it with the sails.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • She had often been on errands alone in the great city, where everything was so confusing.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various
  • The din is so confusing, and your aunt is quite right—one ought to make a list.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • He may be described as confusing the attraction of gravitation with the attraction of cohesion.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • The rags that clothed his body were confusing and indefinite.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Within the forest the world did not seem so vast, so confusing to the eye.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The night had been so confusing that she felt in very much of a hurry to see the day.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • We shall have to have an expression of our own upon this confusing subject.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • It was confusing to look at someone and look at a different image of her.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

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