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Synonyms & Antonyms for confused
Synonyms
chaotic, cluttered, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, pell-mell, rumpled, sloppy, topsy-turvy, tousled, tumbled, unkempt, untidy, upside-down
Antonyms
bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered
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For a second consecutive season, the Bruins offense looked lost and confused and eventually slowed to a crawl. — Los Angeles Times, "Column: Where’s the progress? Chip Kelly’s second season at UCLA begins with a whimper," 29 Aug. 2019 The Browns allowed a sack when left tackle Greg Robinson and running back Kareem Hunt seemed confused on a blocking assignment. — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Browns Scribbles: Garrett Gilbert’s big day; meet D’Ernest Johnson – Terry Pluto," 18 Aug. 2019 The six board members at times Monday seemed confused about their new role supervising the virtual school, even voting on Algaze’s appointment without mentioning his full name. — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, "Former Miami-Dade educator tapped as new Florida Virtual School leader," 1 July 2019 Even senior Trump administration officials who populate the Situation Room and are charged with successfully executing the president’s policies seem confused about what will satisfy their commander in chief. — Greg Jaffe, Washington Post, "A dangerous confusion at the heart of Trump’s foreign policy," 21 June 2019 As of yet, there has been no serious interest in Eriksen, and Spurs officials are believed to be incredibly confused as to why the midfielder would block talks over a new deal, given there has yet to be any real interest in him. — SI.com, "Report: Real Madrid to Launch Final Bid for Christian Eriksen," 18 Aug. 2019 Testifying in court, Jafari said his memory of the events was confused because of the blows to his head during the brawl. — David Keyton, Fortune, "A$AP Rocky Found Guilty of Assault by Swedish Court," 14 Aug. 2019 Imagine how confused all the real ducks were when 63,000 rubber ducks rained down this week into the Chicago River. — Aj Willingham, CNN, "A boy's uplifting challenge, some heroic first responders and a ducky derby," 10 Aug. 2019 Shanti kept trying to put her front paw in Brooks’ hand and seemed confused when the woman didn’t respond. — Peggy O’hare, ExpressNews.com, "DPS, sons still looking for who dumped the gravel that led to I-37 crash, death of San Antonio mother," 5 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'confused.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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