confused look
Face showing bewilderment
A confused look is a facial expression showing bewilderment or lack of understanding—furrowed brow, squinted eyes, perhaps a tilted head.
She gave me a confused look when I mentioned the meeting.
The phrase functions as a unit describing this recognizable expression of puzzlement.
- puzzledConfused by something unclear
- bewilderedThoroughly puzzled and confused
- perplexedThoroughly confused, uncertain
- baffledUtterly unable to understand
- caught off guardSurprised when unprepared
taken aback · furrowed brow · squint · blank stare · head tilt · dazed · lost · disoriented · frown · quizzical · questioning · uncertain · hazy · foggy · muddled · lost for words · glazed eyes · thousand-yard stare
- facial expressionssmiling, smile, grin, grinning, frown
- miscommunicationmix-up, mixed signals, mixed messages, crossed wires, misinterpreted
- reactionsreaction, response, gasp, wince, flinch
confused, confuse, confuses, confusing, confusingly, confusion, confusions, look, looks