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confusing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.
    • The Cleveland Clinic’s Sukol thinks the word “healthy” is confusing and should be replaced with the term “nourishing,” as some processed foods have been marketed as “healthy.” 2017 May 16, Jacqueline Howard, “‘Healthy’ foods have most of us confused, survey finds”, in CNN:
    • Several sections in that book are really confusing.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most confusing Degree=Sup lexicographic
more confusing Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

judicious · sensible · obvious

Deriveds

confusingly · more confusing than a Rubik's cube · confusingness

Relateds

confuse · confused · confusion · uncertain · flustered

Synonyms

clear as mud · unintelligible · confusing · muddlesome · jumbled · insensible · uninterpretable · baffling · puzzling · incomprehensible · confuzzling · bemusing · bewildering · perplexing · mistakable · misleading · mystifying · befuddling · cattywampus · confounding · flabbergasting · complicated · nonplussing · inexplicable · disordered · vague

Translations (60)

pt confuso (difficult to understand) · mwl ambaranhado (difficult to understand) · eo konfuzanta (difficult to understand) · th ที่น่าสับสน (difficult to understand) · fo ørkymlandi (difficult to understand) · ro haotic (difficult to understand) · de missverständlich (difficult to understand) · cmn 撲朔迷離 /扑朔迷离 (difficult to understand) · nl chaotisch (difficult to understand) · ca confús (difficult to understand) · nb forvirrende (difficult to understand) · pl zagmatwany (difficult to understand) · nl niet duidelijk (difficult to understand) · ar مُرْبِك (difficult to understand) · cmn 含糊不清的 (difficult to understand) · gl confuso (difficult to understand) · pam macabaligo (difficult to understand) · cs matoucí (difficult to understand) · it confusionario (difficult to understand) · it poco chiaro (difficult to understand) · pam makabaligo (difficult to understand) · ka გაუგებარი (difficult to understand) · da forvirrende (difficult to understand) · km ច្រឡំ (difficult to understand) · fr confusant (difficult to understand) · pl mylący (difficult to understand) · ru сбива́ющий с то́лку (difficult to understand) · eo implikanta (difficult to understand) · sv förvirrande (difficult to understand) · it che confonde (difficult to understand) · nl verwarrend (difficult to understand) · pam makalitu (difficult to understand) · mwl cunfuso (difficult to understand) · tl nakakalito (difficult to understand) · nn forvirrende (difficult to understand) · de irreführend (difficult to understand) · de unübersichtlich (difficult to understand) · be заблы́таны (difficult to understand) · ro zăpăcitor (difficult to understand) · is ruglingslegur (difficult to understand) · bg объркващ (difficult to understand) · es confuso (difficult to understand) · es enredado (difficult to understand) · tr kafa karıştırıcı (difficult to understand) · es confusionario (difficult to understand) · ro confuz (difficult to understand) · hi भ्रामक (difficult to understand) · ru запу́танный (difficult to understand) · ms mengelirukan (difficult to understand) · de verwirrend (difficult to understand) · pt embaraçado (difficult to understand) · ja 紛らわしい (difficult to understand) · fi hämmentävä (difficult to understand) · pt embrulhado (difficult to understand) · mfe konfi (difficult to understand) · fr déroutant (difficult to understand) · ro încurcător (difficult to understand) · mwl ambrulhado (difficult to understand) · fr complexe (difficult to understand) · he מבלבל (difficult to understand)

confusing en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of confuse
    form of confuse