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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
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?
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.
I regret and it makes me sad that Taylor had that reaction to the deal, all of what happened has been very confusing and not based on anything factual. I don’t know what story she was told. I asked for her to sit down with me several times, but she refused. I offered to sell her the catalog back and went under NDA, but her team refused. It all seems very unfortunate.
In a dramatic reversal of their previous guidance, President Biden's CDC has seemingly decided that our businesses, churches, and schools should remain masked up and potentially locked down forever, this new guidance is confusing and Americans are frustrated.
That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.
Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope:
I think it's good to have one standard statewide for all different polling places. We use schools, churches, and government offices, and trying to figure out what regulations apply to what location is very confusing for us who are not law enforcement specialists i really appreciate having an answer that we can give to our voters and to our election workers.
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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