confusing

Verb

• mistake one thing for another
  • "you are confusing me with the other candidate"
• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
• cause to feel embarrassment
• assemble without order or sense
• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
• present participle and gerund of confuse

Adjective Satellite

• 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
  • "sent confusing signals to Iraq"

Adj

• difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.

Examples

• Several sections in that book are really confusing.

Synonyms

bedevil, befuddle, blur, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disconcert, flurry, fox, fuddle, jumble, mix up, obnubilate, obscure, perplexing, put off, puzzling, throw, baffling, befuddling, bemusing, bewildering, cattywampus, clear as mud, complicated, confounding, confusing, confuzzling, disordered, flabbergasting, incomprehensible, inexplicable, insensible, jumbled, misleading, mistakable, muddlesome, mystifying, nonplussing, unintelligible, uninterpretable, vague

Antonyms

judicious, obvious, sensible

Related Words

confuse, confused, confusion, flustered, uncertain

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