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mixed-up

a. 1 Mixed together in an uncertain manner 2 confused, muddled or bewildered

WordNet
mixed-up

adj. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school" [syn: baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, at sea]

Usage examples of "mixed-up".

Planch has some fixed notions of justice, and it appears another contender for the person of Trema came on the scene, and paid Planch more than Chenso Planch took some mixed-up vengeance against Chen and Trantor for the ruin of Madder Loss.

A twenty-three-year-old bum with mixed-up German and English in his head, two suitcases full of garbage, no plans.

The mixed-up noise made by all the different clocks had odd effects upon me.

And these people aren't just mixed-up berks and babbling bagladies: they are haunted tinnitic taxmen, bug-eyed barristers and smart-bombed bureaucrats.