confused

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈfjuːzd/

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Verb

confused

1. simple past tense and past participle of confuse

Adjective

confused ‎(comparative more confused, superlative most confused)

1. (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
2. (of a person or animal) disoriented
3. chaotic, jumbled or muddled
4. making no sense; illogical
5. embarrassed

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• confuse
• confusing
• confusion

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

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• 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 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