confusing
[adjective]
Synonyms: bewildering, baffling, contradictory, disconcerting, misleading, perplexing, puzzling, unclear

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English Thesaurus: confusing, puzzling, baffling, bewilderin

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

con‧fus‧ing S3 /kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/ adjective
[Word Family: adverb: confusedly, confusingly; adjective: confused, confusing; verb: confuse; noun: confusion]
unclear and difficult to understand:
The instructions were really confusing.
It was a very confusing situation.
—confusingly adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

confusing
adj.
VERBS appear, be, look, seem, sound | become, get | make sth Both teams were wearing the same colours, which made things confusing.
find sth I find the government policy extremely confusing.
ADV. extremely, highly, hopelessly, very | a bit, a little, pretty, rather, slightly, somewhat | potentially
PREP. for The new signs will be very confusing for tourists.
to All this information can be confusing to the user.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

confusing unclear and difficult to understand:
a confusing message
The road signs were very confusing and we ended up getting lost.
puzzling (also perplexing formal) confusing, especially because something is different from what you expect:
Jan's decision not to take part in the race was very puzzling.
It was the trivial details which he found so perplexing.
baffling extremely difficult to understand even though you have tried for a long time:
Police are close to solving one of Australia's most baffling murder cases.
The failure was baffling, given the success of his previous businesses.
bewildering very confusing, especially because something is strange or new, or because there are a lot of different things:
Brain diseases can cause many bewildering changes in a person's emotions and behaviour.
There is a bewildering number of mobile phone deals on offer.

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