English Explanatory Dictionary

confusing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of confuse

Pronunciation

/kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-confusing.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-confusing.wav

Word forms

confusing more confusing most confusing

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

judicious obvious sensible

Related words

confuse confused confusion uncertain flustered

Derived words

confusingly confusingness more confusing than a Rubik's cube
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