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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

... on and on talking of this and that and especially the good days—slavery days. She evidently thought that some of the army officers were Lincoln and Greeley. She probably heard her master or mistress talk about these men and got them confused with the army officers who visited ...

— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Arkansas Narratives Part 3 • Works Projects Administration

... the place presented a confused picture in which every achievement, human and divine, was mingled. Crocodiles, monkeys, and serpents stuffed with straw grinned at glass from church windows, seemed to wish to bite sculptured heads, to chase ...

— The Magic Skin • Honore de Balzac

... thought the certain characteristic of species. For it is obvious that if the allied different forms which we meet with in the same country could cross together, instead of finding a number of distinct species, we should have a confused and blending series. The fact however of a perfect gradation in the degree of sterility between species, and the circumstance of some species most closely allied (for instance many species of crocus ...

— The Foundations of the Origin of Species - Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 • Charles Darwin

... laugh, led the party back on their track for a few paces, then, turning sharp to the right, he conducted them into a narrow opening in the thicket, and proceeded in a zig-zag manner that utterly confused poor Muggins, inducing him from that hour to resign himself with blind faith to the guidance of his conqueror. Well would it be for humanity in general, and for rulers in particular, if there were more ...

— Lost in the Forest - Wandering Will's Adventures in South America • R.M. Ballantyne

... in Lawry's fingers, and he returned it to the place where he had found it; for he was confused, and did not know what to do. He stood, with flushed face and beating heart, on the shore, considering what course he should take. He could not think of exposing his father's crime, on the one hand, or of permitting him to retain the ...

— Haste and Waste • Oliver Optic

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