confused

adjective

con·fused kən-ˈfyüzd

Synonyms of confused next

: being perplexed or disconcerted

the confused students

: disoriented with regard to one's sense of time, place, or identity

The patient became confused.

: indistinguishable

a zigzag, crisscross, confused trail—

Harry Hervey

: being disordered or mixed up

a contradictory and often confused story

confusedly

kən-ˈfyü-zəd-lē

-ˈfyüzd-

adverb

confusedness

kən-ˈfyü-zəd-nəs

-ˈfyüz(d)-

noun

Examples of confused in a Sentence

I've never been so confused. We're confused about what to do next. He gave a confused speech denying the accusations.

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Though a human would probably be able to figure out how to escape from a random room, even a highly mobile robot would get confused and waste time looking for doors in nonsensical places like the floors and ceiling. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024 The conversation left her confused and gutted — with dozens of questions that could take more than a year to resolve. —

Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024 But all this filling-in can actually dilute the message, leaving both parties more confused than before. —

Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 In addition, a psychiatrist testified about how people kept in solitary confinement can become confused and delirious, and a forensic scientist took the stand and criticized how state investigators handled the examination of an unspent round found near the girls’ bodies, WTHR reported. —

Eric Levenson, Zoe Sottile and Jean Casarez, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for confused