confused

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking orderly continuity

   a confused set of instructions

2. 2
   adj

   having lost your bearings

   confused as to time or place or personal identity

3. 3
   adj

   unable to think clearly or understand

   A new survey suggests that most Americans are confused about what counts as a healthy food choice.

4. 4
   adj

   mentally confused

5. 5
   adj

   thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

6. 6
   adj

   perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

7. 7
   verb

   simple past and past participle of confuse

8. 8
   adj

   disoriented

Etymology

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.