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verb

Confuse v. t. (past & past part. confused; pres. part. confusing)

1.

To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. "A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused."

2.

To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. "Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days." "Confused and sadly she at length replied."

Synonyms: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See Abash.

adjective

confused adj.

1.

Same as confounded; as, bewildered and confused.

Synonyms: at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, mazed, mixed-up.

2.

Lacking orderly continuity.

Synonyms: disconnected, disjointed, disordered, disorganized, desultory, garbled, illogical, rambling, scattered, unconnected.

3.

Thrown into disorder; as, His workbench held a confused assortment of spare engine parts..

Synonyms: disordered, in disarray, upset.

4.

Having lost one's bearings physically or mentally.

Synonyms: disoriented, lost.

5.

Not marked by fine distinctions. discriminate

Synonyms: indiscriminate.

6.

Causing bafflement and confusion.

Synonyms: bewildering, confusing.

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Etymology of 'Confused'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Confused" Quotes from Famous Books

... his wife came to have for him, before it was done, something of the strangeness of a nightmare, one of those endless dreams that come to fever patients, filled with confused, vague details of places and persons among whom he passed, leaving nothing clear to the memory afterwards ...

— Kildares of Storm • Eleanor Mercein Kelly

... the date of his birth our authorities are hopelessly confused. Karl IX., whom we should expect to know something about it, says, in his Rim-chroen., p. 2, that his father was seventy-three at his death, whence we should conclude that he was born in 1487. But Svart, who was nearer the king's age, and was also the king's confessor and preacher to the court, ...

— The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa • Paul Barron Watson

... fix her eyes on him and address him in particular. She had already addressed Sandy Jim, who was now holding the baby to relieve his wife, and the big soft-hearted man had rubbed away some tears with his fist, with a confused intention of being a better fellow, going less to the Holly Bush down by the Stone-pits, and cleaning himself more regularly ...

— Adam Bede • George Eliot

... Green, gazing at Mrs. Merillia with confused mournfulness. "One doesn't see death on a front door every day, don't you know, in big round hand too, and then one of those ...

— The Prophet of Berkeley Square • Robert Hichens

... But—you know how that blackguard (by Jove, you gave him a powerful shaking!) confused my calculation for an entire life. I could not make her understand about that of which the continuation begins only to-day. Still, all the more reason for hastening. A half hour is necessary to tell another all about it, half an hour ...

— Debts of Honor • Maurus Jokai

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