MIXED (UP) Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈmikst-ˈəp

Definition of mixed-up

as in confused

suffering from mental confusion I was all mixed-up, and I was still on page two of the instructions

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mixed (up)

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verb

past tense of mix (up)

as in lumped (together)

to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related you've mixed piety up with pietism

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as in disrupted

to undo the proper order or arrangement of in my rush I had mixed up the files and had to sort them out later

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Adjective

The event was somewhat shambolic, with confused chefs stopping for selfies with Bibendum as the host tried to move things along.

— Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
The adoption of this policy came very late in the summer and after a more tentative earlier policy that mainly confused educators and parents.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of confused

Verb

China's ban on engineers and equipment last year had disrupted iPhone production, according to several media outlets.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
Advertisement The Houthis previously disrupted shipping in 2024, in response to Israel’s occupation and bombardment of Gaza, and made a global impact.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of disrupted

Adjective

Hsu maps a Los Angeles of leftovers and castoffs; portraits of friends and strangers in the street are full of dazed, inscrutable expressions.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
When the dazed young woman reels off quotes from an obscure self-help book, her new acolytes take her words as gnomic wisdom.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of dazed

Verb

In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studios either shuffled their product directly to streaming or waited a mere 17 days for their films to become available to buy or rent at home.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
For nearly a year and a half, he was shuffled around detention centers in Texas, Arizona, Louisiana and Florida, until arriving in the Alexandria International Airport in mid-August.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of shuffled

Adjective

When kids first got online, parents were bewildered and alarmed, but kids, who tend to gravitate to new technology, found freedom in a space that was basically ungoverned.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
That bewildered shake of the head after Meyer's pitch in that video is not a rare occurrence for Raleigh this year.

— Eno Sarris, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of bewildered

Adjective

His first 12 came under the supervision of a coach who was, to put it as gently as possible, somewhat distracted from his job.

— Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Troopers say they are focused on pulling over and ticketing drivers for distracted and dangerous driving.

— Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of distracted

Adjective

Several other instances of illness linked to the MBG program have cropped up, including a group of 15 elementary schoolers and a school principal who became nauseous and dizzy after a meal in the Aceh province’s Bener Meriah regency, per the AP.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
Most patients feel dizzy, nauseated and weak within 30 to 60 minutes.

— Prayan Pokharel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

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