confused

Words with a similar base: confused

'confused'

[confuse.v.01] as in: mistake one thing for another

Examples:
you are confusing me with the other candidate
I mistook her for the secretary

'confused'

[confuse.v.02] as in: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

Examples:
These questions confuse even the experts
This question completely threw me
This question befuddled even the teacher

'confused'

[confuse.v.03] as in: cause to feel embarrassment

Examples:
The constant attention of the young man confused her

'confused'

[jumble.v.02] as in: assemble without order or sense

Examples:
She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence

'confused'

[confuse.v.05] as in: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

Examples:
Her remarks confused the debate
Their words obnubilate their intentions

'confused'

[baffled.s.01] as in: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

Examples:
obviously bemused by his questions
bewildered and confused
a cloudy and confounded philosopher
just a mixed-up kid
she felt lost on the first day of school

'confused'

[confused.s.02] as in: lacking orderly continuity

Examples:
a confused set of instructions
a confused dream about the end of the world
disconnected fragments of a story
scattered thoughts

'confused'

[confused.s.03] as in: having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity

Examples:
I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
the anesthetic left her completely disoriented

'confused'

[broken.s.05] as in: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

Examples:
troops fleeing in broken ranks
a confused mass of papers on the desk
the small disordered room
with everything so upset

'confused'

[confused.a.05] as in: mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently

Examples:
the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused

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