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confusing

[ kuh n-fyoo-zing ]

/ kənˈfyu zɪŋ /

adjective

causing or tending to cause confusion: a confusing attempt at explanation.

Origin of confusing

First recorded in 1840–50; confuse + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM confusing

con·fus·ing·ly, adverb con·fus·ing·ness, noun un·con·fus·ing, adjective

Words nearby confusing

confucius, confuse, confused, confused elderly, confused flour beetle, confusing, confusion, confusticate, confutation, confute, cong

Example sentences from the Web for confusingly

Sorry: Kerry Washington, Tatiana Maslany, and, most confusingly, Golden Globes host Amy Poehler.

15 Enraging Golden Globe TV Snubs and Surprises: Amy Poehler, 'Mad Men' & More |Kevin Fallon |December 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Carrie Underwood was confusingly cast in Sound of Music Live!

Allison Williams Won’t Suck as Peter Pan |Kevin Fallon |July 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
An “overproduced, overblown, confusingly dark and laboriously ambitious jumble,” ruled Newsday.

A ‘Wicked’ Decade: How a Critically Trashed Musical Became a Long-Running Smash |Kevin Fallon |October 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke and Duchess of (confusingly, also-named) Kent were lower-profile Palace neighbors.

Malice in the Palace: Prince George’s Treacherous New Digs |Tina Brown |July 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Nor is he Don Draper himself, as some have confusingly guessed.

‘Mad Men’: Who Is Bob Benson? |Jace Lacob |June 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But her wing had flicked him across the eyes, confusingly, and he missed her.

Jim |Charles G. D. Roberts
But the pellucid blueness of the gaze that met his was confusingly unstirred by any shade of suitable timidity or emotion.

T. Tembarom |Frances Hodgson Burnett
He has awakened attention and directed it upon a theme and story, yet left it tantalizingly but not confusingly incomplete.

How to See a Play |Richard Burton
Moral codes have been immensely and confusingly diversified.

Theoretical Ethics |Milton Valentine
These various ideas appear and reappear most confusingly in economic literature.

College Teaching |Paul Klapper

British Dictionary definitions for confusingly

confusing

/ (kənˈfjuːzɪŋ) /

adjective

causing bewilderment; difficult to follow; puzzling

Derived forms of confusing

confusingly, adverb