Definition of conflicted
: experiencing or marked by ambivalence or a conflict especially of emotions this unhappy and conflicted modern woman — John Updike conflicted feelings
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Examples of conflicted in a Sentence
She was still conflicted about her ex-husband's remarriage.
I'm conflicted about the prospect of our only child going away to college.
Recent Examples of conflicted from the Web
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Thoreau might not have been any more conflicted than the next guy – only better at getting the shifting shades of his inner life on paper.
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The tension between them brings back their conflicted past.
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Ivan Vega is particularly stellar as the conflicted cop.
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But Day-Lewis shines as a conflicted fighter with lingering doubts about his violent profession.
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Chloe is an intelligent, moody, deeply conflicted person.
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The Sopranos What set David Chase’s crime drama apart from other shows in the genre was the conflicted character at the heart of it, Tony Soprano.
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The Sopranos What set David Chase’s crime drama apart from other shows in the genre was the conflicted character at the heart of it, Tony Soprano.
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Among the wealthiest presidents—by his own measure—in the history of the United States, Trump is possibly the most conflicted and indebted.
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First Known Use of conflicted
1914
CONFLICTED Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of conflicted for English Language Learners
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: having or showing feelings that disagree with one another
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