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- the cans were lying in a confused jumble in the basement
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- antiseptic,
- clean,
- cleaned,
- cleanly,
- hygienic,
- immaculate,
- sparkling,
- spick-and-span
- (or spic-and-span),
- spotless,
- stainless,
- unsoiled,
- unsullied
- methodical
- (also methodic),
- regular,
- systematic,
- systematized
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- she was briefly confused after her fall from the horse
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- addle,
- addled,
- addlepated,
- bedeviled,
- befogged,
- befuddled,
- bemused,
- bewildered,
- bushed
- [chiefly Australian],
- confounded,
- dazed,
- distracted,
- dizzy,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- fogged,
- mixed-up,
- muddleheaded,
- muzzy,
- pixilated
- (also pixillated),
- punch-drunk,
- punchy,
- raddled,
- shell-shocked,
- silly,
- slaphappy,
- spaced-out
- (or spaced),
- spacey
- (also spacy),
- stunned,
- stupefied,
- zonked,
- zonked-out
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of confused (Entry 2 of 2)
- the similar-sounding words "censure" and "censor" often confuse people
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- stop confusing the issue with irrelevant facts
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- a lot of people confuse popular fame with enduring achievement
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- she was confused by the shocking bluntness of his marriage proposal
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- vandals had hopelessly confused the papers in the office files
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“Confused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confused. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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