confused
verbEtymology
Originally from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus + Middle English -ed (past participial suffix), from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō; now equivalent to confuse (a back-formation) + -ed.
Definitions
simple past and past participle of confuse
unable to think clearly or understand
- A new survey suggests that most Americans are confused about what counts as a healthy food choice.
disoriented
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chaotic, jumbled or muddled
making no sense
making no sense; illogical
embarrassed
The neighborhood
- synonymaddle-pated
- synonymaddled
- synonymaddlepated
- synonymat a loss
- synonymat a loss for words
- synonymat sea
- synonymat sixes and sevens
- synonymbaffled
- synonymbefuddled
- synonymbewildered
- synonymconfused
- synonymconfuzzled
- neighborconfuse
- neighborconfusing
- neighborconfusion
- neighborcomplex
- neighboroften-confused
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at confused. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at confused. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at confused
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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