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confuzzled

confuzzled adjective: confused or puzzled. Also the simple past and past participle of confuzzle.

Adjective

confuzzled (comparative more confuzzled, superlative most confuzzled)

  1. (childish) Confused or puzzled.

Also used as

confuzzled is also the simple past and past participle of confuzzle.

Forms of confuzzled

comparativemore confuzzled
superlativemost confuzzled

Origin of confuzzled

Blend of confused + puzzled. The earliest recorded usage is dated 1994, but the term was popularized in the early-to-mid-2000s.

Questions about confuzzled

What does confuzzled mean?
Confuzzled means confused or puzzled.
What part of speech is confuzzled?
Confuzzled is an adjective.

Words near confuzzled in the dictionary

  1. confutes
  2. confutest
  3. confuteth
  4. confuting
  5. confuzzle
  6. confuzzled
  7. confuzzlement
  8. confuzzles
  9. confuzzling
  10. confœderacies
  11. confœderacy

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