"confusing" meaning in English

See confusing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-confusing.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-confusing.wav Forms: more confusing [comparative], most confusing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} confusing (comparative more confusing, superlative most confusing)
  1. difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc. Derived forms: confusingly, confusingness, more confusing than a Rubik's cube Related terms: confuse, confused, confusion, uncertain, flustered Translations (difficult to understand): مُرْبِك (murbik) (Arabic), заблы́таны (zablýtany) (Belarusian), confús (Catalan), 撲朔迷離 /扑朔迷离 (pūshuòmílí) (Chinese Mandarin), 含糊不清的 (hánhú bù qīng de) (Chinese Mandarin), matoucí (Czech), forvirrende (Danish), verwarrend (Dutch), niet duidelijk (Dutch), chaotisch (Dutch), implikanta (Esperanto), konfuzanta (Esperanto), ørkymlandi (Faroese), hämmentävä (Finnish), complexe (French), déroutant (French), confusant (French), confuso (Galician), გაუგებარი (gaugebari) (Georgian), verwirrend (German), irreführend (German), missverständlich (German), unübersichtlich (German), מבלבל (m'valbél) [masculine] (Hebrew), गड़बड़ (gaṛbaṛ) (Hindi), ruglingslegur (Icelandic), che confonde (Italian), poco chiaro (Italian), confusionario [masculine] (Italian), 紛らわしい (magirawashii) (alt: まぎらわしい) (Japanese), macabaligo [traditional] (Kapampangan), makabaligo [modern] (Kapampangan), ច្រឡំ (jrɑlɑm) (Khmer), mengelirukan (Malay), cunfuso (Mirandese), ambrulhado (Mirandese), ambaranhado (Mirandese), forvirrende (Norwegian Bokmål), forvirrende (Norwegian Nynorsk), mylący (Polish), zagmatwany (Polish), confuso (Portuguese), embrulhado (Portuguese), embaraçado (Portuguese), confuz (Romanian), încurcător (Romanian), zăpăcitor (Romanian), haotic (Romanian), сбива́ющий с то́лку (sbivájuščij s tólku) (Russian), запу́танный (zapútannyj) (Russian), confuso (Spanish), enredado [masculine] (Spanish), förvirrande (Swedish), nakakalito (Tagalog)
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Verb

IPA: /kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-confusing.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-confusing.wav
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  1. present participle and gerund of confuse Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: confuse
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          "word": "muddlesome"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "murbik",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "مُرْبِك"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zablýtany",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "заблы́таны"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "confús"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pūshuòmílí",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "撲朔迷離 /扑朔迷离"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hánhú bù qīng de",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "含糊不清的"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "matoucí"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "forvirrende"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "niet duidelijk"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "chaotisch"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "implikanta"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "konfuzanta"
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        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "ørkymlandi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "hämmentävä"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "complexe"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "déroutant"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "confusant"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "confuso"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gaugebari",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "გაუგებარი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "verwirrend"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "irreführend"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "missverständlich"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "unübersichtlich"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "m'valbél",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
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          "word": "מבלבל"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "gaṛbaṛ",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "गड़बड़"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "ruglingslegur"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "che confonde"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "poco chiaro"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
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          "word": "confusionario"
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          "alt": "まぎらわしい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "magirawashii",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "紛らわしい"
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          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
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          "code": "pam",
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          "sense": "difficult to understand",
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "jrɑlɑm",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "ច្រឡំ"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "mengelirukan"
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          "code": "mwl",
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "cunfuso"
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          "code": "mwl",
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "ambrulhado"
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          "code": "mwl",
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "ambaranhado"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "forvirrende"
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          "sense": "difficult to understand",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "mylący"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "zagmatwany"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "confuso"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "embrulhado"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "embaraçado"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "confuz"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "încurcător"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "zăpăcitor"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "haotic"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sbivájuščij s tólku",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "сбива́ющий с то́лку"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapútannyj",
          "sense": "difficult to understand",
          "word": "запу́танный"
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