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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused, unstable |
| Synonyms: | adrift, all at sea, astray, bewildered, discombobulated, lost, mixed-up, not adjusted, off-beam, off-course, out-of-joint, perplexed, unbalanced, unhinged, unsettled |
| Antonyms: | balanced, oriented, settled, understanding, unpuzzled |
| Main Entry: | mixed-up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | baffled, befuddled, bewildered, come apart, confounded, dazed, discombobulated*, disconcerted, disorganized, disoriented, flummoxed, flustered, lost, muddled, out to lunch, perplexed, puzzled, stumped, thrown off balance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neurotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally maladjusted |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anxious, basket case, bundle of nerves, choked, clutched, compulsive, deviant, disordered, disoriented, distraught, disturbed, erratic, hung up, hysteric, inhibited, manic, nervous, nervous wreck, obsessive, overwrought, psychoneurotic, unhealthy, unstable, upset, uptight, wired |
| Antonyms: | adjusted, balanced, sane, stable |
| Main Entry: | off-course |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strayed |
| Synonyms: | astray, confused, disoriented, lost, lost one's bearing, off-track, roaming, roving |
| Main Entry: | dazed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | bewildered, disoriented, stunned |
| Notes: | dazed means stunned, confused, bewildered and stupefied; dazzled means having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light - stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering |
| Main Entry: | spaced-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dazed |
| Synonyms: | bewildered, confused, disoriented, drugged, inattentive, lightheaded, stunned |
| Main Entry: | befuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | addle, baffle, ball up, bewilder, bother, daze, disorient, distract, dumbfound, fluster, inebriate, intoxicate, make punchy, mix up, muddle, puzzle, shake, stupefy, throw off |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | addle, becloud, befuddle, disorient, distort, distract, impair, muddle, muddy, obscure, perplex, puzzle |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain, explicate |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder someone |
| Synonyms: | abash, addle, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, fuddle, involve, lead astray, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, render uncertain, shame, stir up, stump, throw off, throw off balance, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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