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View synonyms for confusing

confusing

[ kuhn-fyoo-zing ]

adjective

  1. causing or tending to cause confusion:

    a confusing attempt at explanation.



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Other Words From

  • con·fusing·ly adverb
  • con·fusing·ness noun
  • uncon·fusing adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of confusing1

First recorded in 1840–50; confuse + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

The confusing thing, however, is Lopez has never been hotter.

Because holy hell was that bland, unfunny, uncomfortable, and just plain confusing.

That this kind of episode was The Newsroom finale was…confusing.

We might as well begin with the most confusing and, frankly, suspect person in all of Serial.

Taylor Swift: Aerobicized The 1980s were a confusing time for America.

The action was at first a little confusing to Edna, but she soon lent herself readily to the Creole's gentle caress.

Bubbles of air are often confusing to beginners, but are easily recognized after once being seen.

He looked back—looked down—upon former emotions and activities; and hence the confusing alternating of jealousy and forgiveness.

She did leap them, running from one to another in a manner confusing to herself and doubly so to Dorothy, pursuing.

This ignorance was far more confusing and even misleading than it had been when its proportions were less defined.

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