What are some alternative words for confusing?
Synonyms for confusing
kənˈfyu zɪŋ
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Princeton's WordNet
confusing(adj)
causing confusion or disorientation
"a confusing jumble of road signs"; "being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child"
Synonyms:
puzzling, perplexingAntonyms:
clear, orientating, orientingconfusing, perplexing, puzzling(adj)
lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity
"sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"
Synonyms:
puzzling, enigmatical, perplexing, enigmaticAntonyms:
orientating, clear, orienting
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "confusing":
confused, disconcerting, bewildering, misleading, unclear, perplexing, puzzling, disorienting, chaotic, disorientating, messy, woolly, ambiguous, fuzzy, disturbing, confounding
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#6878 | confused | |
#9748 | fuzzy | |
#10949 | confusing | |
#12256 | misleading | |
#12929 | unclear | |
#13075 | disturbing | |
#14281 | messy | |
#17795 | ambiguous | |
#18390 | chaotic | |
#32410 | puzzling | |
#37424 | enigmatic | |
#43548 | woolly | |
#46070 | confounding | |
#53854 | perplexing | |
#56160 | bewildering | |
#57101 | disconcerting | |
#113261 | disorienting | |
#301581 | disorientating |
How to use confusing in a sentence?
This could be a way for him to keep the right-wing fringe groups occupied and also accomplish the goal of further confusing the public debate.
Some of the messaging is pretty confusing. It's not just it doesn't match with what we're doing here in Maryland. Some of the messaging coming out of the administration doesn't match.
It’s getting more confusing to understand how far your miles will take you.
The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters.
I really don't know. I mean, I don't know if it's going to change anything or not, it may or may not, i don't know 100 % what's going on or how they count the votes or whatever. It's confusing with trusting anything anymore.
Translations for confusing
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- مربكArabic
- confúsCatalan, Valencian
- matoucíCzech
- verwirrendGerman
- implikanta, konfuzantaEsperanto
- confundiendoSpanish
- hämmentäväFinnish
- déroutant, déroutante, complexeFrench
- מבלבלHebrew
- poco chiaro, che confondeItalian
- 紛らわしいJapanese
- გაუგებარიGeorgian
- ច្រឡំKhmer
- confusingLatin
- forvirrendeNorwegian
- verwarrend, niet duidelijk, chaotischDutch
- forvirrendeNorwegian
- confuso, embaraçado, embrulhadoPortuguese
- încurcător, zăpăcitor, confuz, haoticRomanian
- сбивающий с толку, запутанныйRussian
- förvirrandeSwedish
- 撲朔迷離Chinese
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