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1. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
   "bewildered and confused"
   - baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
    
2. Lacking orderly continuity
   "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"
   - disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
    
3. Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
   - disoriented, lost
    
4. Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
   "a confused mass of papers on the desk"
   - broken, disordered, upset
    
5. Mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
   "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

1. Mistake one thing for another
   "you are confusing me with the other candidate"
   - confound
    
2. Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
   "These questions confuse even the experts"
   - throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
    
3. Cause to feel embarrassment
   "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
   - flurry, disconcert, put off
    
4. Assemble without order or sense
   - jumble, mix up
    
5. Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
   "Her remarks confused the debate"
   - blur, obscure, obnubilate

See also: addlebrained, addled, addlepated, befogged, befuddled, clouded, confusedly, confusedness, confusion, dazed, dazzled, disorganised [Brit], disorganized, incoherent, muddled, muddleheaded, muzzy, perplexed, puddingheaded, punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy, spaced-out, stunned, stupefied, stupid, trancelike, unoriented, woolly, woolly-headed, woolly-minded, wooly [N. Amer], wooly-minded [N. Amer]

Type of: abash, alter, assemble, be, change, embarrass, misidentify, mistake, modify, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

Antonym: clearheaded

Encyclopedia: Confuse