confused Flashcards
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confuse(v)
confusion(n)
confused(adj)
A
verb1; to mix up someone’s mind or idea, or to make something difficult to understand
- You’re confusing him ! Tell him slowly and one thing at a time
- Stop confusing the issue (=making the problem unnecessarily difficult) !
verb2;to mix up two seperate things or people in your mind, imagining that they are one
- You’re confusing me with my sister - she’s the one studying drama
- It’s easy to confuse his films, because he tends to use the same actors
noun1;a situation in which people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or somthing is
- There seems to be some confusion over who is actually giving the talk
- To avoid confusion, the twins never wore the same clothes
a situation, often with a lot of activity and noise, in which people do not know what to do
- In the confusion after the bomb blast, I lost my bag and wasn’t able to stop and look for it
adj 1 ; unable to think clearly or to understand something
- Grandfather gets quite confused sometimes and doesnot even know what day it is
- ı’m a bit confused. Was that her husband or her son she was with ?
adj2;not clear and therefore difficult to understand
- Your essay gets a bit confused halfway through when you introduce too many ideas at once
