Confused (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. not thinking coherently or rationally; bewildered; perplexed: My attempt to explain was met with confused stares and shrugging shoulders.Hopelessly confused, I just tossed my trash into what I thought was the right receptacle.
  2. incorrectly differentiated, identified, or associated: You’re getting him confused with another player with the same name—this one plays for the Twins.In this lesson, students learn the frequently confused words their, they’re, and there.
  3. without order; jumbled:Over time, the original neat lines of tents grew into a confused tangle of canvas-roofed shelters.What was once an imposing fortress is now just a confused heap of erect and fallen stones.
  4. disconcerted, perturbed, or ashamed: I emerged from the office red-faced and confused.
  5. expressed in a way that is not easily understood:The novel plods along trying to provide hopelessly confused technical detail, much of which is blatantly impossible according to the elementary laws of physics.
verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of confuse.
adjective
  1. feeling or exhibiting an inability to understand; bewildered; perplexed
  2. in a disordered state; mixed up; jumbled
  3. lacking sufficient mental abilities for independent living, esp through old age
Confused (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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