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confusedadjective lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanlinessthe cans were lying in a confused jumble in the basement 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 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, uncleanlydowdy, frowsy(or frowzy), shaggy, slatternly, sloven, slovenly, uncombedwrinkledadulterated, contaminated, defiled, polluted, taintedknotted, snarled, tangledseedy, shabby, sleazy, sordidneglected, neglectful, negligent at sixes and sevens, out of joint bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered antiseptic, clean, cleaned, cleanly, hygienic, immaculate, sparkling, spick-and-span(or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsulliedmethodical(also methodic), regular, systematic, systematizedcareful, fastidious, finicky, fussy, meticulouscombed, groomed, manicured, well-groomedtaintless, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, wholesome suffering from mental confusionshe was briefly confused after her fall from the horse 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 senseless, unconscious at sea, out of it clearheaded alert, conscious confusedverbpast tense of confuseto throw into a state of mental uncertaintythe similar-sounding words "censure" and "censor" often confuse people 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) stuck, stumped, weirded outabashed, discomfited, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, mortified, nonplussed(also nonplused), rattledagitated, bothered, chagrined, discomforted, discomposed, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, perturbed, stunned, unhinged, unsettled, upsetbeguiled, cozened, deceived, deluded, duped, fooled, gulled, hoaxed, hoodwinked, humbugged, misguided, misled, snowed, strung along, took in, tricked blew one's mind, went to one's head assured, reassured, satisfiedenlightened, informed to make (something) unclear to the understandingstop confusing the issue with irrelevant facts beclouded, befogged, blurred, clouded, fogged, muddied, obfuscated complicated, perplexed, sophisticatedentangled, snarled, tangleddisarranged, disarrayed, discomposed, disheveled(or dishevelled), disordered, disrupted, disturbed, jumbled, messed (up), mixed (up), muddled, scrambled, shuffled, tousled, upset clarified, cleared (up), illuminated simplified, streamlineddisentangled, straightened (out), undid, unraveled, unscrambled, untangleddeciphered, decodedanalyzed, broke down to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or relateda lot of people confuse popular fame with enduring achievement conflated, confounded, mistook, mixed (up) lumped (together)misapplied, miscalled, misidentified, misnamed differenced, differentiated, discriminated, distinguished, separated to throw into a state of self-conscious distressshe was confused by the shocking bluntness of his marriage proposal abashed, confounded, discomfited, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, mortified, nonplussed(also nonplused), rattled agitated, bothered, chagrined, discomforted, discomposed, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, perturbed, put off, put out, unhinged, unsettled, upsetdebased, degraded, demeaned, humbled, humiliated, queered, shamed calmed, comforted, consoled, relieved, soothedbuoyed, cheered, emboldened, encouraged, heartenedassured, reassured to undo the proper order or arrangement ofvandals had hopelessly confused the papers in the office files 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 embroiled, entangled, snarled, tangledagitated, perturbed, stirred (up), unsettledcluttered arranged, arrayed, disposed, drew up, marshaled(or marshalled), ordered, organized, ranged, regulated, straightened (up), tidied aligned(also alined), lined, lined up, queuedclassified, codified, methodized, systematized, systemizedadjusted, fixedgroomed, made up, spruced (up)unscrambled in the 14th century |