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, dazed

Hyponyms

• often-confused

Related terms

• confuse
• confusing
• confusion

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 Greek: ταραχώδης (tarakhṓdēs)

• Haitian Creole: konfonn

• Hungarian: zavart (hu)
• Igbo: ná mgbagwoju anya
• 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

• American Sign Language: 1@Sfhead-PalmDown Claw5@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-Claw5@InsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz-RoundHoriz
• 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), zerstreut (de)
• Greek: μπερδεμένος (el) (berdeménos), συγκεχυμένος (el) (sygkechyménos)
• Hebrew: מבולבל‎ m (mevulbal), מבולבלת‎ f (mevulbelet)

• Hungarian: zavart (hu)
• Italian: confuso (it)
• 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, n, haotic (ro) m, n
• Russian: спу́танный (ru) (spútannyj), беспоря́дочный (ru) (besporjádočnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile
• Spanish: confuso (es)
• Swedish: rörig (sv), oordnad (sv)
• West Frisian: betiizd
• 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, 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, n, confuz (ro) m, n
• Russian: сконфу́женный (ru) (skonfúžennyj), смущённый (ru) (smuščónnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: tro-chèile

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