Synonyms: confused
Definition: mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
Usage: the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused
Similar words: muddleheaded, addlebrained, addlepated, puddingheaded
Definition: stupid and confused
Usage: blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are; a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow- Isaac Sterne
Similar words: muddled, muzzy, addled, befuddled, woolly, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-minded
Definition: confused and vague; used especially of thinking
Usage: muddleheaded ideas; your addled little brain; woolly thinking; woolly-headed ideas
Similar words: befogged, befuddled
Definition: stupefied by alcoholic drink
Usage: the wino's poor befuddled mind; a mind befogged with drink
Similar words: clouded
Definition: mentally disordered
Usage: a mind clouded by sorrow
Similar words: dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid
Definition: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
Usage: he had a dazed expression on his face; lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow; was stupid from fatigue
Similar words: dazzled
Definition: stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering
Usage: I fall back dazzled at beholding myself all rosy red, / At having, I myself, caused the sun to rise.- `Chanticler' by Rostand
Similar words: trancelike
Definition: as if in a trance
Similar words: slaphappy, silly, punch-drunk
Definition: dazed from or as if from repeated blows
Usage: knocked silly by the impact; slaphappy with exhaustion
Similar words: spaced-out
Definition: confused or disoriented as if intoxicated through taking a drug
Synonyms: illogical, scattered, garbled, unconnected, confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered
Definition: lacking orderly continuity
Usage: a confused set of instructions; a confused dream about the end of the world; disconnected fragments of a story; scattered thoughts
Similar words: incoherent
Definition: without logical or meaningful connection
Usage: a turgid incoherent presentation
Synonyms: disordered, confused, upset, broken
Definition: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
Usage: troops fleeing in broken ranks; a confused mass of papers on the desk; the small disordered room; with everything so upset
Similar words: disorganised, disorganized
Definition: lacking order or methodical arrangement or function
Usage: a disorganized enterprise; a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose; she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate
Synonyms: lost, disoriented, confused
Definition: having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
Usage: I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway; the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
Similar words: unoriented
Definition: not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained
Usage: engaged in unoriented study; unoriented until she looked at the map
Synonyms: at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, baffled, mixed-up, confounded, confused, lost, mazed
Definition: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
Usage: obviously bemused by his questions; bewildered and confused; a cloudy and confounded philosopher; just a mixed-up kid; she felt lost on the first day of school
Similar words: perplexed
Definition: full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
Usage: perplexed language; perplexed state of the world