confused

adjectives

perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
"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"
at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up
is derived from
confusedness
lacking orderly continuity
"a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"
confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
"I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"
confused, disoriented, lost
is derived from
confusedness
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
"troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"
broken, confused, disordered, upset
mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
"the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"
confused
is derived from
confusedness
antonym
clearheaded
is similar to
stupid and confused
"blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are"; "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne
addlebrained, addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded
is similar to
confused and vague; used especially of thinking
"muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"
addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-minded
is similar to
stupefied by alcoholic drink
"the wino's poor befuddled mind"; "a mind befogged with drink"
befogged, befuddled
is similar to
mentally disordered
"a mind clouded by sorrow"
clouded
is similar to
in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
"he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue"
dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid
is similar to
stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering
"I fall back dazzled at beholding myself all rosy red, / At having, I myself, caused the sun to rise."- `Chanticler' by Rostand
dazzled
is similar to
as if in a trance
trancelike
is similar to
dazed from or as if from repeated blows
"knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy
is similar to
confused or disoriented as if intoxicated through taking a drug
spaced-out
see also
full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
"perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"
perplexed