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mixed upˌmixed ˈup adjective - a mixed up college kid
- There was so much paperwork that Brian got mixed up and forgot to sign the check.
mixed untidily together► mixed up things such as papers, clothes, or objects that are mixed up are put together untidily when they do not belong together, or are in the wrong order: · The drawer was full of mixed up bits of paper, old letters, and photographs.· The tapes are a bit mixed up, but it shouldn't take too long to sort them out. ► jumbled/jumbled up/jumbled together things such as papers, books, clothes etc that are jumbled are mixed together very untidily, especially in a pile, so that it is difficult to find anything: · A jumbled collection of clothes lay on the floor.· The rucksack contains several pockets to prevent odds and ends getting jumbled up.· a drawer full of letters all jumbled together ► tangled hair, grass, string etc that is tangled is mixed up and difficult to separate: · He ran a hand through his tangled hair.· The concrete highway was edged with tangled dry grass. in the wrong order► in the wrong order/out of order · A cake can be ruined by adding ingredients in the wrong order.· The files were completely out of order. ► mixed up in the wrong order: · The letters are all mixed up and you have to put them in the right order.· The pages were all mixed up, and I only have five minutes before the deadline. ► the wrong way round British in the wrong order, especially when there is only one order that people expect or consider to be correct: · The printer made an error and the pages were bound the wrong way round. ► backwards also backward American starting at the end and finishing at the beginning: · Can you say the alphabet backwards?· Count backward from 10. ► Psychology/Psychiatryagoraphobia, nounagoraphobic, noun-aholic, suffixanalyse, verbanalysis, nounanalyst, nounanorexia, nounantidepressant, nounautism, nounbattle fatigue, nounbehaviourism, nounbreakdown, nounbulimia, nouncatharsis, nouncertify, verbclaustrophobia, nouncognition, nouncognitive, adjectivecomplex, nouncompulsive, adjectivecounsel, verbcounselling, nouncrazed, adjectivecrazy, adjectivedefence mechanism, noundelusion, noundemented, adjectivedementia, noundenial, noundepressed, adjectivedepression, noundepressive, adjectivedepressive, nounderanged, adjectivediminished responsibility, noundipsomaniac, noundisordered, adjectivedisturbance, noundysfunctional, adjectiveeating disorder, nouneccentricity, nounego, nounelectric shock therapy, nounemotional, adjectiveexhibitionism, nounextra-sensory perception, nounfixation, nounFreudian, adjectiveFreudian slip, noungroup therapy, nounhallucinate, verbhydrophobia, nounhypnosis, nounhypnotic, adjectivehypnotise, verbhypnotist, nounhypnotize, verbid, nouninferiority complex, nouninsane, adjectiveinsanity, nounkleptomania, nounkleptomaniac, nounlibido, nounlinear, adjectivemaladjusted, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmanic depressive, nounmental, adjectivemental age, nounmental hospital, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemidlife crisis, nounmisogynist, nounmixed up, adjectivenerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectiveobsessive, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounpadded cell, nounparanoia, nounparanoid, adjectivepathological, adjectivepathology, nounpatterning, nounphallic, adjectivephobia, noun-phobia, suffixphrenology, nounpost-traumatic stress disorder, nounprecognition, nounpsyche, nounpsychiatric, adjectivepsychiatrist, nounpsychiatry, nounpsychic, adjectivepsycho, nounpsycho-, prefixpsychoanalysis, nounpsychoanalyst, nounpsychoanalyze, verbpsychobabble, nounpsychodrama, nounpsychokinesis, nounpsychological, adjectivepsychologist, nounpsychology, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotherapy, nounpsychotic, adjectivepyromaniac, nounrepression, nounresidential treatment facility, nounRorschach test, nounsadism, nounsadist, nounsafety valve, nounsanity, nounscar, nounscar, verbschizoid, adjectiveschizophrenia, nounschizophrenic, adjectiveschizophrenic, nounscrewed up, adjectivesocialize, verbsociopath, nounsplit personality, nounsubconscious, adjectivesubconscious, nounsuggestion, nounsuperego, nountherapy, nountorment, nountrance, nountrauma, nounvoyeur, nounwell-adjusted, adjective ► be/get mixed up in something- A straight-laced Wall Street banker gets mixed up in one ludicrous misunderstanding after another in George Gallo's screwball comedy.
- Everything else about this journey is starting to get mixed up in my head.
- He defended me and Eddie when we got mixed up in a couple of scrapes.
- He had to be mixed up in the Cicero Club.
- Her son's got mixed up in it, probably demonstrated yesterday with the Socialists outside the Town Hall.
- I still do not want to get mixed up in any Indochina decision...
- It was nothing to do with her, and whatever it was she didn't want to be mixed up in it.
- We weren't going to get mixed up in a job, when we were going home off duty.
► be/get mixed up with somebody- Answer: She would never have got mixed up with him in the first place.
- But this all gets mixed up with motivation too: the horse must be motivated to learn.
- I am beginning to get mixed up with the days of the month.
- It's an odd business and it seems to be mixed up with Edwin Garland's will.
- Of all the people you do not want to get mixed up with he is the first and the last.
- Then Conley got mixed up with Charlie Keating and somehow lost millions of dollars, eventually ending up bankrupt.
- Trust Auguste to get mixed up with it.
- We used to get mixed up with the fight.
1be/get mixed up in something to be involved in an illegal or dishonest activity: He’s the last person I’d expect to be mixed up in something like this. I’d have to be crazy to get mixed up in that kind of thing.2be/get mixed up with somebody to be involved with someone who has a bad influence on you: When he left college he got mixed up with the wrong people.3[not before noun] confused, for example because you have too many different details to remember or think about: I get all mixed up over the money whenever I travel abroad.4 (also mixed-up) informal confused and suffering from emotional problems SYN screwed up: She’s just a crazy mixed-up kid. → mix up at mix1, mix-up |