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conflicted en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /kənˈflɪktɪd/

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
    • He sees a pretty woman in a pod and decides to make her his, subsuming her lifetime of hopes and dreams (not to mention her bodily autonomy) to his own desire for companionship, and lies to her in order to fulfill that desire. But he’s a nice guy, and he felt conflicted about it before he did it, so it’s… understandable? Or at least forgivable? Apparently?) 2016 December 20, Katie Rife, “Passengers strains the considerable charms of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2018:
    • She has always been conflicted about her relationship with my family.
    • I felt conflicted about whether he liked me or not.
  2. (proscribed) Having a conflict of interest.

Forms

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more conflicted Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most conflicted Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

conflicted avoidant · unconflicted · nonconflicted · conflictedness · conflictedly

Synonyms

ambivalent

Translations (2)

es confligido (Translations) · es conflictuado (Translations)

conflicted en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /kənˈflɪktɪd/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of conflict
    form of conflict
    • [T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness. 2014 March 2, Jan Morris, “Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson, review: A skilful account of T. E. Lawrence and his role in the painful birth of an emerging Middle East [print version: A rock in Arabia's shifting sands, 1 March 2014, p. R26]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):