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Synonyms for confusing
kənˈfyu zɪŋcon·fus·ing

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  1. confusingadjective

    causing confusion or disorientation

    "a confusing jumble of road signs"; "being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child"

    Synonyms:
    puzzling, perplexing

    Antonyms:
    clear, orientating, orienting

  2. confusing, perplexing, puzzlingadjective

    lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

    "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"

    Synonyms:
    puzzling, enigmatical, perplexing, enigmatic

    Antonyms:
    orientating, clear, orienting

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#9748fuzzy
#10949confusing
#12256misleading
#12929unclear
#13075disturbing
#14281messy
#17795ambiguous
#18390chaotic
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#37424enigmatic
#43548woolly
#46070confounding
#53854perplexing
#56160bewildering
#57101disconcerting
#113261disorienting
#301581disorientating

How to use confusing in a sentence?

  1. Darren Cahill:

    At the moment, as a fan of tennis, if you want to try to follow tennis, whether it's Davis Cup, Fed Cup, the WTA, the ATP, smaller events, there are so many different platforms a fan has to subscribe to and it's confusing, social media becomes much easier as well, if the tours are merged. Instead of competing against each other for a social media space, that becomes all one.

  2. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

    Every state doing their own thing, different cities doing their own thing, it's confusing, it's chaos, the federal government should come up, step in, and say this is what we're going to do.

  3. Rabbi Cooper:

    Whoopi Goldberg knows our center. She knows Rabbi Marvin Hier, our CEO and founder, we're not dealing with someone here who spoke in order to hurt anyone in our community. But what she said obviously is extremely confusing to people and in many ways hurtful.

  4. Hillary Clinton:

    I am sorry that this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions.

  5. Foreign Ministry:

    One or two people in the U.S. are confusing right and wrong and sowing discord on these issues. These schemes will not prevail.


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