mixed-up
[mikst-uhp]
- 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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Examples from the Web for mixed-up
Contemporary Examples
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 NotAndrew Romano
January 16, 2014
Strangely, stories of mixed-up babies in Russia are not uncommon, horrifying young parents in the past.
Portobelloby Ruth Rendell A suspenseful, complex mystery about mixed-up lives in a London neighborhood.
Their enthusiasm, devotion, and mixed-up sense of romance for squinty boys is one of the more quaint aspects of pop culture.
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?
Historical Examples
Memories then; puzzling, mixed-up pictures that had lost their outlines.
Erik DornBen Hecht
"It is rather a mixed-up mess," said I, perplexed by the contingencies and the repetitions.
Seek and FindOliver Optic
It was a mixed-up business—but you've got the whole truth at last.
The Beloved WomanKathleen Norris
It was all black, no gray; so was his long, mixed-up whiskers.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, CompleteMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
“This seems to be rather a mixed-up affair, Senhor Alcatrante,” he said.
The Girl and The BillBannister Merwin
mixed-up
- in a state of mental confusion; perplexed
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