confused

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Positive confused

Comparative more confused

Superlative most confused

1. If a person or situation is confused, things are unclear or you do not understand.

   The teacher tried to explain it, but now I feel more confused than before.

   The book is terrible. It's full of bad writing and confused examples.

Related words

• confusion
• confuse

Verb

Plain form confuse

Third-person singular confuses

Past tense confused

Past participle confused

Present participle confusing

1. The past tense and past participle of confuse.

   You confused me when you said you're "dead tired".