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confused

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of confused

1 lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
  • the cans were lying in a confused jumble in the basement
Synonyms of confused

chaotic, cluttered, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, pell-mell, rumpled, sloppy, topsy-turvy, tousled, tumbled, unkempt, untidy, upside-down
Words Related to confused

bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, grungy, mucky, nasty, smudged, soiled, spotted, squalid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly

dowdy, frowsy (or frowzy), shaggy, slatternly, sloven, slovenly, uncombed

wrinkled

adulterated, contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainted

knotted, snarled, tangled

seedy, shabby, sleazy, sordid

neglected, neglectful, negligent
Phrases Synonymous with confused

at sixes and sevens, out of joint
Near Antonyms of confused

antiseptic, clean, cleaned, cleanly, hygienic, immaculate, sparkling, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied

methodical (also methodic), regular, systematic, systematized

careful, fastidious, finicky, fussy, meticulous

combed, groomed, manicured, well-groomed

taintless, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, wholesome
Antonyms of confused

bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered
2 suffering from mental confusion
  • she was briefly confused after her fall from the horse
Synonyms of confused

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
Words Related to confused

senseless, unconscious
Phrases Synonymous with confused

at sea, out of it
Near Antonyms of confused

alert, conscious
Antonyms of confused

clearheaded

confused

verb , past tense of confuse

Synonyms and Antonyms of confused

1 to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
  • the similar-sounding words "censure" and "censor" often confuse people
Synonyms of confused

addled, baffled, bamboozled, beat, befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, buffaloed, confounded, discombobulated, disoriented, flummoxed, foxed, fuddled, got, graveled (or gravelled), mazed, muddied, muddled, mystified, perplexed, posed, puzzled, vexed (also vext)
Words Related to confused

stuck, stumped, weirded out

abashed, discomfited, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, mortified, nonplussed (also nonplused), rattled

agitated, bothered, chagrined, discomforted, discomposed, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, perturbed, stunned, unhinged, unsettled, upset

beguiled, cozened, deceived, deluded, duped, fooled, gulled, hoaxed, hoodwinked, humbugged, misguided, misled, snowed, strung along, took in, tricked
Phrases Synonymous with confused

blew one's mind, went to one's head
Near Antonyms of confused

assured, reassured, satisfied

enlightened, informed
2 to make (something) unclear to the understanding
  • stop confusing the issue with irrelevant facts
Synonyms of confused

beclouded, befogged, blurred, clouded, fogged, muddied, obfuscated
Words Related to confused

complicated, perplexed, sophisticated

entangled, snarled, tangled

disarranged, disarrayed, discomposed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disrupted, disturbed, jumbled, messed (up), mixed (up), muddled, scrambled, shuffled, tousled, upset
Near Antonyms of confused

simplified, streamlined

disentangled, straightened (out), undid, unraveled, unscrambled, untangled

deciphered, decoded

analyzed, broke down
Antonyms of confused

clarified, cleared (up), illuminated
3 to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related
  • a lot of people confuse popular fame with enduring achievement
Synonyms of confused

conflated, confounded, mistook, mixed (up)
Words Related to confused

lumped (together)

misapplied, miscalled, misidentified, misnamed
Antonyms of confused

differenced, differentiated, discriminated, distinguished, separated
4 to throw into a state of self-conscious distress
  • she was confused by the shocking bluntness of his marriage proposal
Synonyms of confused

abashed, confounded, discomfited, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, mortified, nonplussed (also nonplused), rattled
Words Related to confused

agitated, bothered, chagrined, discomforted, discomposed, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, perturbed, put off, put out, unhinged, unsettled, upset

debased, degraded, demeaned, humbled, humiliated, queered, shamed
Near Antonyms of confused

calmed, comforted, consoled, relieved, soothed

buoyed, cheered, emboldened, encouraged, heartened

assured, reassured
5 to undo the proper order or arrangement of
  • vandals had hopelessly confused the papers in the office files
Synonyms of confused

deranged, disarranged, disarrayed, discomposed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disjointed, dislocated, disordered, disorganized, disrupted, disturbed, hashed, jumbled, messed (up), mixed (up), muddled, mussed, rumpled, scrambled, shuffled, tousled, tumbled, upset
Words Related to confused

embroiled, entangled, snarled, tangled

agitated, perturbed, stirred (up), unsettled

cluttered
Near Antonyms of confused

aligned (also alined), lined, lined up, queued

classified, codified, methodized, systematized, systemized

adjusted, fixed

groomed, made up, spruced (up)

unscrambled
Antonyms of confused

arranged, arrayed, disposed, drew up, marshaled (or marshalled), ordered, organized, ranged, regulated, straightened (up), tidied

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