1. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
   "bewildered and confused";
   - baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
    
2. Mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
   "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused";
   - fuddled
    
3. Having lost your bearings; confused as to time, place or personal identity
   "I frequently find myself confused when I come up out of the subway";
   - disoriented, lost
    
4. Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
   "a confused mass of papers on the desk";
   - broken, disordered, upset
    
5. Lacking orderly continuity
   "a confused set of instructions";
   - disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected

1. Mistake one thing for another
   "you are confusing me with the other candidate";
   - confound
    
2. Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
   "These questions confuse even the experts";
   - throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate [informal], perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
    
3. Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
   "Her remarks confused the debate";
   - blur, obscure, obnubilate
    
4. Cause to feel embarrassment
   "The constant attention of the young man confused her";
   - flurry, disconcert, put off
    
5. Assemble without order or sense
   "She confuses the words when she is supposed to write a sentence";
   - jumble, mix up

See also: addlebrained [informal], addled, addlepated [informal], befogged, befuddled, clouded, dazed, dazzled, disorganised [Brit], disorganized, incoherent, muddled, muddleheaded, muzzy, perplexed, puddingheaded [informal], punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy [informal], spaced-out [informal], stunned, stupefied, stupid, trancelike, unoriented, woolly, woolly-headed, woolly-minded, wooly [N. Amer], wooly-minded [N. Amer]

Type of: abash, affect, alter, assemble, bear on, bear upon, change, embarrass, impact, misidentify, mistake, modify, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

Antonym: clear-thinking

Encyclopedia: Confused