mixed-up

[ mikst-uhp ]

/ ˈmɪkstˈʌp /

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adjective

completely confused or emotionally unstable: a mixed-up teenager.

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Origin of mixed-up

First recorded in 1860–65

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The context of you being a mixed-up, hormone-addled seventh-grader when you read it, alone in your bedroom.
Lifetime’s ‘Flowers in the Attic’ Review: The Incest Is There, The Strange Magic Is Not|Andrew Romano|January 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Strangely, stories of mixed-up babies in Russia are not uncommon, horrifying young parents in the past.
Switched at Birth|Anna Nemtsova|October 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Portobelloby Ruth Rendell A suspenseful, complex mystery about mixed-up lives in a London neighborhood.
This Week's Hot Reads|The Daily Beast|September 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Their enthusiasm, devotion, and mixed-up sense of romance for squinty boys is one of the more quaint aspects of pop culture.
Trends That Need to End in 2010|Natasha Vargas-Cooper|December 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST

We can see how this might happen in Charlie's mixed-up universe, but how did Capri—an X-rated performer—end up there as well?
Don't Call Me a Prostitute|Tracy Quan|November 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The speech of the Basque country is first of all a langue, not a corrupted, mixed-up patois.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces|Francis Miltoun
He say he see I is mixed-up, but I never is knowed jest what he was driving at.
Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1|Various
It's a little like this Mexican war, a mixed-up problem and only one thing clear.
The Two Vanrevels|Booth Tarkington
At our first meeting you told me some mixed-up story and asked me to bring you some food.
The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor|Margaret Vandercook
That was a mixed-up family, of which there were so many in Russia.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for mixed-up

mixed-up

adjective

in a state of mental confusion; perplexed

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mixed-up

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mixed-up

adjective