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Synonyms for confusing
kənˈfyu zɪŋcon·fus·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
confusingadjective
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, puzzlingadjective
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
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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?
Good teaching must be slow enough so that it is not confusing, and fast enough so that it is not boring.
I was kind of hoping for more clarity, not less, it seems like things just seem to get more confusing each time they say something.
What we hear from startups is that they are facing a tough regulatory environment that is sometimes byzantine, confusing and expensive to comply with.
The Prime Minister's response last night was both confusing and disbelieving, listening to Dominic Raab, I'm wondering why we didn't wait until we've seen the 50-page document and the guidelines that are about to come out before there was any indication about going back to work.
It can be very confusing to people because they are not expecting it.
Translations for confusing
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- مربكArabic
- confúsCatalan, Valencian
- matoucíCzech
- verwirrendGerman
- implikanta, konfuzantaEsperanto
- confundiendoSpanish
- hämmentäväFinnish
- complexe, déroutante, déroutantFrench
- מבלבלHebrew
- poco chiaro, che confondeItalian
- 紛らわしいJapanese
- გაუგებარიGeorgian
- ច្រឡំKhmer
- confusingLatin
- forvirrendeNorwegian
- chaotisch, niet duidelijk, verwarrendDutch
- forvirrendeNorwegian
- embrulhado, confuso, embaraçadoPortuguese
- confuz, haotic, zăpăcitor, încurcătorRomanian
- сбивающий с толку, запутанныйRussian
- förvirrandeSwedish
- 撲朔迷離Chinese
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