confused

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kənˈfjuːzd/
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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, dazed

Hyponyms

often-confused

Related terms

Translations

unable to think clearly or understand

Basque: nahasi
Cebuano: naglibog
Chinese:
Mandarin: 困惑 (zh) (kùnhuò)
Corsican: cunfusa
Esperanto: konfuzita
Finnish: hämmentynyt (fi), sekava (fi)
French: confus (fr) m, embrouillé (fr) m
Georgian: დაბნეული (ka) (dabneuli), თავგზააბნეული (tavgzaabneuli)
German: verwirrt (de), durcheinander (de)
Greek: μπερδεμένος (el) (berdeménos)
Ancient: ταραχώδης (tarakhṓdēs)
Haitian Creole: konfonn
Hungarian: zavart (hu)

Igbo: ná mgbagwoju anya
Latin: inconditus
Luxembourgish: duercherneen
Macedonian: збунет (zbunet)
Malay: keliru
Persian: مشنگ‎ (fa) (mašang)
Portuguese: confuso (pt)
Scottish Gaelic: tuathal, tro-chèile
Serbo-Croatian: zbunjeni
Spanish: confundido (es) m
Swedish: förvirrad (sv), virrig (sv)
Tagalog: nalilito
Winnebago: hokižac

disoriented

German: desorientiert, verwirrt (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ταραχώδης (tarakhṓdēs)
Hungarian: zavarodott (hu)

Polish: zdezorientowany
Spanish: confundido (es) m
Swedish: förvirrad (sv), virrig (sv)

chaotic, jumbled or muddled

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Bulgarian: разбъркан (bg) (razbǎrkan), разстроен (bg) (razstroen)
Catalan: confús m, desconcertat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 混乱 (zh) (hùnluàn)
Czech: zmatený (cs) m
Danish: forvirret
Dutch: verward (nl), in de war
Faroese: ørkymlaður m
Finnish: sekava (fi)
French: embrouillé (fr) m
German: wirr (de), verwirrt (de), zerstreut (de)
Greek: μπερδεμένος (el) (berdeménos), συγκεχυμένος (el) (sygkechyménos)
Hebrew: מבולבל‎ m (mevulbal), מבולבלת‎ f (mevulbelet)
Hungarian: zavart (hu)

Italian: confuso (it)
Latin: confūsus
Maori: whakapiki (of speech)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forvirret (no), forfjamset (no)
Polish: zakłopotany (pl) m, zmieszany (pl) m
Portuguese: confuso (pt), confundido (pt)
Romanian: confuz (ro) m or n, haotic (ro) m or n
Russian: спу́танный (ru) (spútannyj), беспоря́дочный (ru) (besporjádočnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile
Spanish: confuso (es)
Swedish: rörig (sv), oordnad (sv)
West Frisian: betiisd
Winnebago: hokižac

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), unzusammenhängend, unsinnig (de), unlogisch, konfus (de)
Italian: confuso (it)

Romanian: confuz (ro) m or n
Russian: бессмы́сленный (ru) (bessmýslennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile
Spanish: confuso (es)
Swedish: rörig (sv)

embarrassed

Bulgarian: смутен (bg) (smuten)
Catalan: desconcertat
Finnish: hämmentynyt (fi)
French: embarrassé (fr) m
German: beschämt (de)

Greek: αμήχανος (el) (amíchanos)
Italian: confuso (it)
Romanian: încurcat (ro) m or n, confuz (ro) m or n
Russian: сконфу́женный (ru) (skonfúžennyj), смущённый (ru) (smuščónnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile

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