"conflicted" meaning in English

See conflicted in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kənˈflɪktɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-conflicted.wav Forms: more conflicted [comparative], most conflicted [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} conflicted (comparative more conflicted, superlative most conflicted)
  1. (Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict. Tags: Canada, US, informal
    Sense id: en-conflicted-en-adj-HkzAzSVR Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  2. (proscribed) Having a conflict of interest. Tags: proscribed Translations (Translations): confligido (Spanish), conflictuado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-conflicted-en-adj-371792O7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 73 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 78 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 86 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 87 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 77 6 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ambivalent Derived forms: conflicted avoidant, conflictedly, conflictedness, nonconflicted, unconflicted

Verb

IPA: /kənˈflɪktɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-conflicted.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} conflicted
  1. simple past and past participle of conflict Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: conflict
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