confused

  • (s) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
    • obviously bemused by his questions
    • bewildered and confused
    • a cloudy and confounded philosopher
    • just a mixed-up kid
    • she felt lost on the first day of school
    at sea, baffled, bewildered, confounded, mazed, mixed-up, befuddled, bemused, lost,
  • (s) lacking orderly continuity
    • a confused set of instructions
    • a confused dream about the end of the world
    • disconnected fragments of a story
    • scattered thoughts
    disjointed, garbled, disordered, illogical, scattered, unconnected, disconnected,
  • (s) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
    • I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
    • the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
    disoriented, lost,
  • (s) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
    • troops fleeing in broken ranks
    • a confused mass of papers on the desk
    • the small disordered room
    • with everything so upset
    disordered, upset, broken,
  • (a) mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
    • the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused

Synonyms

at sea baffled bewildered confounded mazed mixed-up befuddled bemused lost disjointed garbled disordered illogical scattered unconnected disconnected disoriented upset broken

Antonyms

clearheaded clear-thinking

See also

perplexed

Words of close approximity

confuse
confusedly confusedness