Synonyms of confused

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adjective

1

as in messy

lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness

the cans were lying in a confused jumble in the basement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• messy
• chaotic
• littered
• jumbled
• cluttered
• messed
• sloppy
• muddled
• filthy
• dirty
• shaggy
• disheveled
• tangled
• disordered
• disarranged
• disarrayed
• tumbled
• dishevelled
• unkempt
• untidy
• wrinkled
• rumpled
• stained
• disorderly
• tousled
• out of joint
• mussed
• at sixes and sevens
• nasty
• mussy
• spotted
• blackened
• knotted
• higgledy-piggledy
• topsy-turvy
• upside-down
• smudged
• unclean
• bedraggled
• pell-mell
• grimy
• begrimed
• slovenly
• dingy
• contaminated
• soiled
• hugger-mugger
• polluted
• draggled
• mucky
• grubby
• uncleanly
• neglected
• sullied
• squalid
• frowzy
• uncombed
• dowdy
• frowsy
• snarled
• grungy
• adulterated
• foul
• slatternly
• neglectful
• bemired
• tainted
• cruddy
• besmirched
• grotty
• negligent
• defiled
• shabby
• sordid
• sloven
• befouled
• seedy
• sleazy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• neat
• organized
• orderly
• ordered
• cleaned
• tidy
• uncluttered
• crisp
• trim
• careful
• clean
• well-ordered
• kempt
• systematic
• unsullied
• regular
• sparkling
• immaculate
• spotless
• hygienic
• stainless
• snug
• cleanly
• antiseptic
• shipshape
• methodical
• systematized
• fussy
• finicky
• unsoiled
• fastidious
• neatened
• methodic
• spick-and-span
• meticulous
• tidied
• spic-and-span
• groomed
• combed
• manicured
• bandbox
• wholesome
• unpolluted
• untainted
• undefiled
• well-groomed
• taintless

2

as in bewildered

suffering from mental confusion

she was briefly confused after her fall from the horse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bewildered
• dazed
• stunned
• distracted
• dizzy
• silly
• bemused
• befuddled
• out of it
• spaced
• stupefied
• muddleheaded
• fogged
• mixed-up
• confounded
• dopey
• at sea
• shell-shocked
• punch-drunk
• bedeviled
• unconscious
• pixilated
• punchy
• addled
• raddled
• dopy
• spacey
• befogged
• slaphappy
• muzzy
• pixillated
• addle
• bushed
• zonked
• zonked-out
• spacy
• addlepated
• spaced-out
• senseless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conscious
• alert
• clearheaded

confused

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verb

past tense of confuse

1

as in puzzled

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

the similar-sounding words "censure" and "censor" often confuse people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• puzzled
• baffled
• bewildered
• perplexed
• befuddled
• embarrassed
• mystified
• disoriented
• stunned
• flummoxed
• flustered
• muddled
• vexed
• bemused
• disturbed
• discombobulated
• confounded
• bamboozled
• bothered
• rattled
• upset
• fuddled
• posed
• muddied
• mazed
• addled
• foxed
• buffaloed
• befogged
• unsettled
• got
• graveled
• gravelled
• vext
• beat
• disconcerted
• stumped
• nonplussed
• stuck
• agitated
• blew one's mind
• distressed
• mortified
• nonplused
• dismayed
• discomfited
• went to one's head
• disquieted
• perturbed
• misled
• weirded out
• abashed
• fazed
• discomforted
• chagrined
• deluded
• deceived
• duped
• unhinged
• fooled
• misguided
• tricked
• discountenanced
• discomposed
• beguiled
• hoodwinked
• humbugged
• strung along
• gulled
• hoaxed
• snowed
• cozened
• took in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfied
• assured
• informed
• reassured
• enlightened

2

as in complicated

to make (something) unclear to the understanding

stop confusing the issue with irrelevant facts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complicated
• blurred
• muddied
• clouded
• upset
• disrupted
• obfuscated
• fogged
• perplexed
• beclouded
• disturbed
• befogged
• sophisticated
• tangled
• snarled
• scrambled
• jumbled
• muddled
• dishevelled
• disordered
• disarranged
• disheveled
• shuffled
• entangled
• tousled
• mixed (up)
• disarrayed
• discomposed
• messed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarified
• cleared (up)
• simplified
• illuminated
• streamlined
• straightened (out)
• unraveled
• analyzed
• disentangled
• deciphered
• undid
• decoded
• untangled
• broke down
• unscrambled

3

as in mistook

to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related

a lot of people confuse popular fame with enduring achievement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistook
• confounded
• conflated
• mixed (up)
• misapplied
• lumped (together)
• misidentified
• misnamed
• miscalled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separated
• distinguished
• differentiated
• discriminated
• differenced

4

as in embarrassed

to throw into a state of self-conscious distress

she was confused by the shocking bluntness of his marriage proposal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embarrassed
• flustered
• rattled
• disconcerted
• disturbed
• bothered
• nonplussed
• upset
• mortified
• unsettled
• confounded
• nonplused
• abashed
• humiliated
• distressed
• discomfited
• fazed
• dismayed
• perturbed
• disquieted
• agitated
• chagrined
• discountenanced
• unhinged
• discomforted
• shamed
• humbled
• put off
• degraded
• discomposed
• debased
• demeaned
• put out
• queered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relieved
• comforted
• calmed
• soothed
• consoled
• encouraged
• cheered
• assured
• reassured
• emboldened
• heartened
• buoyed

5

as in disrupted

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

vandals had hopelessly confused the papers in the office files

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupted
• disturbed
• shuffled
• upset
• jumbled
• muddled
• disorganized
• scrambled
• dishevelled
• disarranged
• disheveled
• disordered
• deranged
• snarled
• disjointed
• dislocated
• tousled
• tangled
• mixed (up)
• mussed
• disarrayed
• tumbled
• hashed
• discomposed
• unsettled
• rumpled
• cluttered
• perturbed
• messed (up)
• embroiled
• agitated
• entangled
• stirred (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• organized
• ordered
• regulated
• arranged
• disposed
• drew up
• ranged
• straightened (up)
• aligned
• classified
• adjusted
• arrayed
• lined
• marshalled
• lined up
• fixed
• marshaled
• queued
• codified
• alined
• tidied
• systematized
• made up
• groomed
• methodized
• systemized
• spruced (up)
• unscrambled