confusing

confusing
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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): confusion, confuse, confused, confusing, confusingly

Xem thêm: perplexing, puzzling, confound, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate, flurry, disconcert, put off, jumble, mix up, blur, obscure, obnubilate



confusing

Từ điển Collocation

confusing adj.

VERBS appear, be, look, seem, sound | become, get | make sth Both teams were wearing the same colours, which made things confusing. | find sth I find the government policy extremely confusing.

ADV. extremely, highly, hopelessly, very | a bit, a little, pretty, rather, slightly, somewhat | potentially

PREP. for The new signs will be very confusing for tourists. | to All this information can be confusing to the user.

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • causing confusion or disorientation

    a confusing jumble of road signs

    being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child

  • lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; perplexing, puzzling

    sent confusing signals to Iraq

    perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it

    a puzzling statement

    v.

  • mistake one thing for another; confound

    you are confusing me with the other candidate

    I mistook her for the secretary

  • be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate

    These questions confuse even the experts

    This question completely threw me

    This question befuddled even the teacher

  • cause to feel embarrassment; flurry, disconcert, put off

    The constant attention of the young man confused her

  • assemble without order or sense; jumble, mix up

    She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence

  • make unclear or incomprehensible

    The new tax return forms only confuse

  • make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; blur, obscure, obnubilate

    Her remarks confused the debate

    Their words obnubilate their intentions

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

confuses|confused|confusing
syn.: complicate jumble mistake mix up muddle
ant.: calm compose quiet soothe