confused
part of speech
adjective (confused, more confused, most confused); verb (confuse, confuses, confused, confusing — "confused" is the past form)
meaning for a pupil
1) Not able to understand something or think clearly; not sure what is happening or what to do. tree →
2) Mixed up or unclear: a confused story. tree →
3) As a verb, mixed up two things, thinking one was the other: I confused the twins. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Proverbs and Isaiah, confused describes the mind or speech of a drunk person, muddled and unclear. Priests and prophets reel and totter in judgment because of wine. Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, the letters must be kept distinct, since each has its own sound, place and meaning. The prophets warn that leaders who drink cannot judge clearly. In the primary lessons: In school, it is fine to feel confused; asking a question is the best way to learn ("I'm confused about step 2"). In maths, people are often confused by similar things: area and perimeter, or 0.5 and 5%. In health and safety, sudden confusion in someone, like not knowing where they are after hitting their head, can be a sign of illness or injury — get an adult or call for help. In stories, a confused character shows the reader that things are puzzling. Phrases: "confused about", "get confused", "confused with", "a confused look".
examples
- Heh or He, H, must not be confused with Cheth, or Heth, Ch. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- must not be confused with Zain, Z ; and lastly Qoph, Q is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition. ' 44. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Later cosmogonists, such as Ovid, represent it as the confused, shapless mass, out of which the universe was formed into a cosmos, or harmonious order. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter confused things. (Writings PRO.23.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment. (Prophets ISA.28.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- I'm confused about how to do long division. tree →
- He looked confused when I spoke French. tree →
- Don't get confused between "their" and "there". tree →
- She confused salt with sugar and the cake tasted awful! tree →
- Grandma got confused after she fell, so we called an ambulance. tree →
- The new rules confused everyone. tree →
- The puppy looked confused by its reflection. tree →
- Ask the teacher if you are confused. tree →
- The smith was quite confused; he knew nothing about any funeral. tree →
note
"Confused" describes the person who doesn't understand; "confusing" describes the thing that causes it: "The question was confusing, so I was confused." Noun: confusion. "Confuse A with B" means think A is B.
In the corpora
- Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter confused things.
- When an old person gets confused or calls you the wrong name, it is the illness, not a lack of love.
- "Lost his marbles" means became mentally confused or went mad; it is humorous and can be unkind.
- "Confused", said of an old person by carers, often means suffering from dementia.
- "Lost his marbles" means gone mad or very confused.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «confused» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.