confused

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb mistake one thing for another
  2. verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
  3. verb cause to feel embarrassment

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.

Synonyms

confuse, confound

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