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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She was still conflicted about her ex-husband's remarriage.
I'm conflicted about the prospect of our only child going away to college.
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Readers have struggled to understand the conditions that allowed for the enslavement of Eudocia Tomas Pulido, the complex dynamic of her relationship with the Tizons, and the highly conflicted reactions the story has elicited across the Pacific.
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Morgan then deployed his gift for dialogue to imagine plausible exchanges between the conflicted parties.
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Moreover, the mere perception of conflicted interests can be enough to erode public confidence in what are expected to be the nation’s most trustworthy and independent health advisors.
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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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