mixed up
In a muddle
Mixed up describes a state of confusion or disorder.
Things that are mixed up have been jumbled together or arranged incorrectly: The files got all mixed up when the shelf fell.
A person who is mixed up is confused or emotionally troubled: She's been pretty mixed up since the divorce.
To be mixed up in something means to be involved in it, often something questionable or illicit: He got mixed up with the wrong crowd.
- confusedUnable to understand
- higgledy-piggledyIn confused disorder
- muddledIn a confused state
- scrambledMixed into disorder
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
discombobulated · topsy-turvy · all over the place · tangled · bewildered · befuddled · messed up · embroiled · caught up in · misconstrued · lost in translation · chaotic · misunderstood · mess · disorganized · baffled · disoriented · out of sorts
- disorderedchaotic, disorganized, disordered, jumbled, messy
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- cryptic cluesanagram, hidden, reversal, homophone, container
- mysteriousmysterious, cryptic, enigmatic, arcane, obscure
- botchedbotched, bungled, messed up, screwed up, fouled up
- brokenbroken, busted, broken down, out of order, not working
mixed upuninvolved
Not taking part
free · clear · detached · separate · extricated
mix, mixed, mixture, mixer, mix up, mixing, mixes, unmixed, mixed-up