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Webster 1828 Edition

Confused

CONFUSED

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1.

Mixed; blended, so that the things or persons mixed cannot be distinguished.

Some cried one thing, and some another; for the assembly was confused. Acts 19.

2.

Perplexed by disorder, or want of system; as a confused account.

3.

Abashed; put to the blush or to shame; agitated; disconcerted.

Definition 2025

confused

confused

English

Verb

confused

simple past tense and past participle of confuse

Adjective

confused ‎(comparative more confused, superlative most confused)

(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
(of a person or animal) disoriented
chaotic, jumbled or muddled
making no sense; illogical
embarrassed

Synonyms

(unable to think clearly or understand): puzzled, perplexed

Related terms

Translations

unable to think clearly or understand

Chinese:
Mandarin: 困惑 (zh) ‎(kùnhuò)
Finnish: hämmentynyt (fi), sekava (fi)
French: confus (fr) m, embrouillé (fr) m
Georgian: დაბნეული (ka) ‎(dabneuli), თავგზააბნეული ‎(tavgzaabneuli)

German: verwirrt (de)
Greek: μπερδεμένος (el) ‎(berdeménos)
Macedonian: збунет ‎(zbunet)
Persian: مشنگ (fa) ‎(mašang)
Portuguese: confuso (pt)
Scottish Gaelic: tuathal, tro-chèile

chaotic, jumbled or muddled

American Sign Language: 1@Sfhead-PalmDown Claw5@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-Claw5@InsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz-RoundHoriz
Bulgarian: разбъркан (bg) ‎(razbǎrkan), разстроен (bg) ‎(razstroen)
Catalan: confús m, desconcertat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 混乱 (zh) ‎(hùnluàn)
Czech: zmatený m
Danish: forvirret
Dutch: verward (nl), in de war
Faroese: ørkymlaður m
Finnish: sekava (fi)
French: embrouillé (fr) m
German: wirr (de), verwirrt (de)
Greek: μπερδεμένος (el) ‎(berdeménos), συγκεχυμένος (el) ‎(synkechyménos)

Hebrew: מבולבל m ‎(mevulbal), מבולבלת f ‎(mevulbelet)
Hungarian: zavart (hu)
Italian: confuso (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forvirret (no), forfjamset (no)
Polish: zakłopotany (pl) m, zmieszany m
Portuguese: confuso (pt), confundido (pt)
Romanian: confuz (ro) m, n, haotic (ro) m, n
Russian: спу́танный (ru) ‎(spútannyj), беспоря́дочный (ru) ‎(besporjádočnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile
Spanish: confuso (es)
West Frisian: betiizd

making no sense; illogical

Bulgarian: объркан (bg) ‎(obǎrkan), безсмислен (bg) ‎(bezsmislen)
Catalan: confús
Finnish: älytön (fi)
French: incohérent (fr) m
German: wirr (de), verwirrt (de)

Italian: confuso (it)
Romanian: confuz (ro) m, n
Russian: бессмы́сленный (ru) ‎(bessmýslennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile
Spanish: confuso (es)

embarrassed

Bulgarian: смутен (bg) ‎(smuten)
Catalan: desconcertat
Finnish: hämmentynyt (fi)
French: embarrassé (fr) m
Greek: αμήχανος (el) ‎(amíchanos)

Italian: confuso (it)
Romanian: încurcat (ro) m, n, confuz (ro) m, n
Russian: сби́тый с то́лку ‎(sbítyj s tólku), сконфу́женный (ru) ‎(skonfúžennyj), смущённый (ru) ‎(smuščónnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile