Synonyms for confusing
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Perplexing
perplexing, baffling, bewildering, puzzling, mystifying, embarrassing, hard
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.
Several sections in that book are really confusing.
Example sentences
- baffling Do you remember that baffling murder case?
- puzzling Korean is a puzzling language to learn, isn't it?
- perplexing Sami asked Layla a perplexing question.
- bewildering Tom found the sheer size of the city bewildering at first.
- misleading There are many misleading news articles nowadays.
- labyrinthine Tatoeba is starting to look like one of Borges' labyrinthine libraries.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| confusing | rising | |
| baffling | steady | |
| puzzling | steady | |
| perplexing | steady | |
| bewildering | steady | |
| misleading | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hard1
- 8 letters
- baffling3, puzzling3
- 10 letters
- misleading3, perplexing3, mystifying4, muddlesome, mistakable
- 11 letters
- bewildering4
- 12 letters
- embarrassing4, labyrinthine4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (baffling3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- confusant