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Definition of Confusing
1. Adjective. Causing confusion or disorientation. "Being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child"
2. Adjective. Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity. "A puzzling statement"
Definition of Confusing
1. Adjective. difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of confuse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confusing
1. confuse [v] - See also: confuse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confusing
Literary usage of Confusing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"But the critics differed so widely that their judgment was merely confusing, and
the American public took him to its heart. When critics like George Ripley ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"... when suddenly they were checked by a voice which implored every man to stay
his hand. confusing When troops are about to be overpowered, confus- amongst ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... is less danger of confusing friend and foe, and the progress of the Church is
made more apparent. JAMES BRIDGE. PERSECUTIONS OP DECIUS (249-51). ..."
4. The New Laokoon: An Essay on the Confusion of the Arts by Irving Babbitt (1910)
"... and in the attempt tumbled into chaos.2 We should perhaps add that so-called
poetical prose may arise not only from confusing prose with poetry, ..."
5. The Lombard Communes: A History of the Republics of North Italy by William Francis Thomas Butler (1906)
"... Modena, and their friends uphold the Ghibellines.1 But as faction grew more
violent within the walls we find rapid and often confusing changes of side. ..."
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