confused

(verb) mistake one thing for another. Synonyms: confuse, confound. Examples: "You are confusing me with the other candidate." "I mistook her for the secretary."

(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. Synonyms: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate. Examples: "These questions confuse even the experts." "This question completely threw me." "This question befuddled even the teacher."

(verb) cause to feel embarrassment. Synonyms: confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off. Example: "The constant attention of the young man confused her."

(verb) assemble without order or sense. Synonyms: jumble, confuse, mix up. Example: "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence."

(verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred. Synonyms: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate. Examples: "Her remarks confused the debate." "Their words obnubilate their intentions."

(adj) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment. Synonyms: baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea. Examples: "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."

(adj) lacking orderly continuity. Synonyms: disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected. Examples: "A confused set of instructions." "A confused dream about the end of the world." "Disconnected fragments of a story." "Scattered thoughts."

(adj) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity. Synonyms: disoriented, lost. Examples: "I frequently find myself disoriented when i come up out of the subway." "The anesthetic left her completely disoriented."

(adj) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion. Synonyms: broken, disordered, upset. Examples: "Troops fleeing in broken ranks." "A confused mass of papers on the desk." "The small disordered room." "With everything so upset."

(adj) mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently. Synonyms: confused (vs. clearheaded). Example: "The flood of questions left her bewildered and confused."