English > confused: 5 senses > adjective 5Meaning | mentally confused / confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently. |
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Example | "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused" |
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Narrower | addlebrained, addlepated, puddingheaded, muddleheaded | stupid and confused / confused |
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addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded | confused / confused and vague |
befogged, befuddled | stupefied by alcoholic drink |
clouded | mentally disordered |
dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid | In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock |
dazzled | stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering |
punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy | dazed from or as if from repeated blows |
spaced-out | confused or disoriented as if intoxicated through taking a drug |
trancelike | As if in a trance / trance |
See also | perplexed | Full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment |
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Opposite | clearheaded, clear-thinking | not mentally confused / confused |
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Spanish | aturdido, confundido, confuso |
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Catalan | atordit, confós, confús |
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Nouns | confusedness | a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior |
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