Confusing synonyms
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Part of speech:
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
Unsettling; tending to discompose
Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.
Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting.
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
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That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.
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Made up of parts intricately involved; hard to untangle, solve, understand, analyze, etc.
Associated with others (in a crime, process, etc.)
Not simple; involved or complicated
reassuring (antonym)
That reassures; causing comfort or confidence.
orderly (antonym)
Arranged in, conforming to, or exhibiting some regular order; systematic
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clear (antonym)
The definition of clear is something that is easy or simple to understand.
confused (related)
The definition of confused is a person who cannot think clearly, or is something that is jumbled or without order.
difficult (related)
Not easy to endure; full of hardship or trouble; trying:
obscure (related)
Not clear or distinct; faint or undefined
To agitate, bewilder, disconcert.
To worry, annoy, or frustrate.
To cause to feel shame, humiliation, chagrin, etc.; injure the pride or self-respect of
(Informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative), to perturb, to disconcert.
To cause to feel self-conscious, confused, and ill at ease; disconcert; fluster
To cause discomfort to; distress
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Discomfit is defined as to cause someone to feel uneasy or embarrassed.
To cause to feel chagrin; embarrass or distress
To throw (the mind, a person, etc.) into confusion; unbalance or upset
(Informal) To puzzle, perplex, or baffle
To snarl is to say something mean in a bad tempered way, or when an animal bares its teeth and growls.
To puzzle, confuse, or baffle.
To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
To muddle; confuse; bewilder
(Usage Problem) To cause to feel indifferent or bored.
Muddle is defined as to mix up, confuse or think in a confused way, or to mix up a drink.
Mistake is defined as to misinterpret or to confuse someone with another person.
To accidentally or intentionally confuse.
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To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information.
The definition of frustrate is to hinder someone's plans or efforts, or to make someone feel annoyed because you are hindering their efforts or refusing to cooperate.
To fluster is defined as to make someone become agitated, nervous or confused.
To draw into a conflict or fight; involve in trouble
Dumbfound is defined as to amaze someone, or to make someone speechless because of shock.
To turn (a person or thing) aside from a course, direction, etc. into another; deflect
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To interrupt or impede the progress of:
To upset the proper arrangement or order of.
To upset the arrangement, order, or operation of; unsettle; disorder
To daze is defined as to confuse someone or to make him unable to react or think properly.
To expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
To cover or obscure with clouds:
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Blunder means to say or do something in a careless or stupid way.
To go well together; harmonize
The definition of bemuse is to confuse someone.
To cause great wonder or astonishment:
To associate socially or get along with others:
To excite or disturb the feelings of
(Football) To run around with the ball behind the line of scrimmage in order to avoid being tackled while searching for an open receiver.
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To throw into disorder; disarrange
clarifying (antonym)
(Ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
ordering (related)
To request to be supplied with:
clearing (related)
In a clear manner; so as to be clear
off-putting (related)
tricky (related)
complicate (related)
unhelpful (related)
problematic (related)
daunting (related)
tiresome (related)
cumbersome (related)
tedious (related)
disconcert (related)
offputting (related)
abashing
To get mud on (something).
To pluck at, push on, touch, etc. repeatedly in a nervous or determined way
(--- Obs.) To sort by sifting
To confuse; bewilder
To confuse; muddle
To mingle is defined as to mix together, or participate with others at a party or social event.
The definition of astonish is to amaze someone.
To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
To fill in such a way as to obstruct; block up; obstruct
To upset or distress:
Involve is defined as to include or add as a participant.
To trouble is to cause pain, distress or worry.
To confuse or bewilder.
separating (antonym)
To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
organizing (antonym)
enlightening (antonym)
To make clear to (a person) the facts or nature of something; inform
explaining (antonym)
To offer reasons for or a cause of; justify:
untangling (antonym)
To free from confusion; clear up; put in order
paining (related)
To have or cause pain
tangling (related)
To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage:
hiding (related)
To put or keep out of sight or away from notice:
correcting (related)
To speak to or communicate with (someone) in order to point out a mistake or error.
Find another word for confusing. In this page you can discover 110 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for confusing, like: puzzling, baffling, discomposing, bewildering, disconcerting, confounding, disturbing, disorienting, unsettling, upsetting and obscuring.