confusingadjective
uk/kənˈfjuː.zɪŋ/us/kənˈfjuː.zɪŋ/B1 Something that is confusing makes you feel confused because it is difficult to understand:
We have two people called Paul James working here, so it's a bit confusing!
The instructions are really confusing. Could you help me with them, please?
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- His answers were obscure and confusing.
- The plethora of rules and regulations is both contradictory and confusing.
- It was so confusing that eventually it got to the point where no one knew what was going on.
- The election returns produced a confusing picture of gains and losses.
- The transition from boyhood to manhood can be a confusing period.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Difficult to understand
- (as) clear as mud idiom
- abstruse
- ambiguity
- ambiguous
- arcane
- blurred
- diffuse
- esoteric
- fathomless
- garble
- get it into your thick head idiom
- impalpable
- obscure
- opaque
- over your head idiom
- paradox
- puzzler
- puzzling
- recherché
- veiled
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