Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confused"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Confuse \Con*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confused}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Confusing}.]
1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished;
to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or
obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.

A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and
voices all confused. --Milton.

2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose
self-possession.

Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that
leads melodious days. --Tennyson.

Confused and sadly she at length replied. --Pope.

Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound;
obscure; distract. See {Abash}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

confused
adj 1: 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" [syn: {baffled},
{befuddled}, {bemused}, {bewildered}, {confounded}, {lost},
{mazed}, {mixed-up}, {at sea}]
2: lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of
instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the
world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered
thoughts" [syn: {disconnected}, {disjointed}, {disordered},
{garbled}, {illogical}, {scattered}, {unconnected}]
3: 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" [syn: {disoriented}, {lost}]
4: 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" [syn: {broken}, {disordered}, {upset}]
5: mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act
intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered
and confused" [ant: {clearheaded}]


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