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View synonyms for mixed-up

mixed-up

[ mikst-uhp ]

adjective

  1. completely confused or emotionally unstable:

    a mixed-up teenager.



mixed-up

adjective

  1. in a state of mental confusion; perplexed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mixed-up1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

Later in life, he returned to the U.S. and got increasingly mixed up with conservative political causes.

The old roles are increasingly mixed up these days; the rules are being rewritten.

The context of you being a mixed-up, hormone-addled seventh-grader when you read it, alone in your bedroom.

But in one segment, Ray gets her seasonings mixed up (twice), giving critics all the more reason to call her a twit.

Bright beautiful colors, stripes, prints and knits were repeatedly mixed up to form eye-catching patterned looks.

"I'm not proud," replied Davy, provoked at being mixed up with Gobobbles in this way.

I say "we," because another is mixed up in this business even more seriously than the Kaiser.

This type may be said to be mixed up and continued with more or less persistency to the last, and of this Fig.

They were also the only fêtes I saw here which were not mixed up with religious solemnities.

In fact, he got that girl and little, freckled Henrietta Haney rather mixed up in his mind.

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