confusing

/kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/

意味: 混乱させるような（形容詞用法）

例文: Momo’s instructions for belly rubs were confusing.
　　  モモのお腹なでなで指示が謎すぎた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: confusing situation(混乱した状況), confusing instructions(わかりにくい指示), confusing message(紛らわしいメッセージ)

定義: 何かが理解しにくい、または誤解を招くような状態や状況を指します。情報が多すぎたり、矛盾していたりして、頭が混乱することがあります。

confusingは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: mistake one thing for another
Verb: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Verb: cause to feel embarrassment
Verb: assemble without order or sense
Verb: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
Adjective: causing confusion or disorientation
Adjective: lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The instructions were confusing, leaving everyone uncertain about their tasks.(指示が混乱していて、皆が自分の仕事について不安でした。)
Honestly, that movie was so confusing; I couldn’t follow the plot at all.(正直、その映画はとても混乱していて、全くストーリーが追えませんでした。)
The confusing nature of the legal document necessitated expert interpretation for clarity.(法律文書の混乱した性質は、明確にするために専門家の解釈を必要としました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: you are confusing me with the other candidate
Verb: I mistook her for the secretary
Verb: These questions confuse even the experts
Verb: This question completely threw me
Verb: This question befuddled even the teacher
Verb: The constant attention of the young man confused her
Verb: She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence
Verb: Her remarks confused the debate
Verb: Their words obnubilate their intentions
Adjective: a confusing jumble of road signs
Adjective: being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child
Adjective: sent confusing signals to Iraq
Adjective: perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it
Adjective: a puzzling statement

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bedevil, befuddle, blur, confound, confuse, confusing, discombobulate, disconcert, flurry, fox, fuddle, jumble, mix up, obnubilate, obscure, perplexing, put off, puzzling, throw

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): assemble, be, change, embarrass, mistake

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, accelerate, accept, account, account for, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, act, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, answer, antiquate, antique, appear, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, bake, balance, barb, barbarize, be well, beat, begin, belong, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, breathe, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, buy, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, come in for, come in handy, commercialize, communize, commute, compact, compare, complicate, compound, condense, confect, configure, confuse, connect, consist, constitutionalize, contain, contaminate, continue, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, cost, count, counterchange, cover, crack, cry, customize, cut, cut across, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, deck, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depend, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, deserve, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, disagree, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, distribute, diverge, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fall, fatten, feel, feminize, fertilize, figure, fill, fit, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gape, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, go, gravitate, habituate, hail, hang, harmonize, harshen, head, heat, hold, hoodoo, hue, hum, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, impend, inactivate, incandesce, incarnate, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, iridesce, islamize, isomerize, jumble, kill, laicize, legitimate, lend, let go, liberalize, lie, lifehack, lift, liquefy, litter, loiter, look, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, make sense, mark, masculinize, measure, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, mope, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, object, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, osculate, ossify, outmode, owe, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, pay, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, point, poison, polarize, politicize, port, press, professionalize, promise, proof, prostrate, prove, purify, put, put out, radicalize, rage, range, rank, rarefy, rate, rationalize, reassemble, recognize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relate, relax, remain, remodel, represent, rest, restore, retard, revolutionize, rig up, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, run, run into, rusticate, rut, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, seem, seethe, sell, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shine, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, sparkle, specify, spice, spike, sputter, squat, stabilize, stagnate, stain, stand, stand by, stay, steepen, stick, stiffen, still, stink, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, subtend, suburbanize, suck, suffer, suit, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, swim, swing, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tend, tender, tense, territorialize, test, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, total, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transplant, transpose, trim, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, underlie, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, want, warm, wash, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, wind, work, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): addle, bother, demoralize, disorient, distract, fluster, muddy, perplex

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: befuddlement, confusion, discombobulation, disconcertion, disconcertment, jumble

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, emotional

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): co

Suffixes(接尾辞): ing

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書):

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: