confusing
/kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/
confusing adjective: difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc. Also the present participle and gerund of confuse.
Adjective
confusing (comparative more confusing, superlative most confusing)
- difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.
- Several sections in that book are really confusing.
- The Cleveland Clinic’s Sukol thinks the word “healthy” is confusing and should be replaced with the term “nourishing,” as some processed foods have been marketed as “healthy.”2017 May 16, Jacqueline Howard, “‘Healthy’ foods have most of us confused, survey finds”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- muddlesome, mistakable, misleading, baffling, bemusing, befuddling, bewildering, cattywampus, clear as mud, confounding
Also used as
confusing is also the present participle and gerund of confuse.
confusing meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam
confusing in Hindi
- difficult to understand
- भ्रामक bhrāmak
confusing in Marathi
- गोंधळात टाकणारे, गोंधळात टाकणारा, गोंधळात टाकणारी
confusing in Bengali
- বিভ্রান্তিকর
confusing in Malayalam
- ആശയക്കുഴപ്പമുണ്ടാക്കുന്നു, ആശയക്കുഴപ്പത്തിലാക്കുന്നു
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- confusing in Odia
- ବିଭ୍ରାନ୍ତିକର, ଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ୍ୱପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ
- confusing in Tagalog
- nakakalito
- confusing in Arabic
- مُرْبِك murbik
- confusing in Malay
- mengelirukan
- confusing in Thai
- ที่น่าสับสน
Synonyms of confusing
- muddlesome
- mistakable
- misleading
- baffling
- bemusing
- befuddling
- bewildering
- cattywampus
- clear as mud
- confounding
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Antonyms
Forms of confusing
| comparative | more confusing |
|---|---|
| superlative | most confusing |
Words formed from confusing
Questions about confusing
- What does confusing mean?
- Confusing means difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.
- What is confusing in Hindi?
- Confusing in Hindi is भ्रामक (bhrāmak). See Confusing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is confusing?
- Confusing is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce confusing?
- Confusing is pronounced /kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/.
Words near confusing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: confusing (page history and authors); confusing (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); confusing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); confusing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); confusing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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