Expressions meaning ‘confused, mixed up’: “So many things were going on at the same time that he got completely ________.”
| BEFUDDLED | 146 |
| CONFUSED | 123 |
| BALLED UP | 112 |
| FOULED UP | 110 |
| MIXED UP | 80 |
| BUMFUZZLED | 77 |
| RATTLED | 48 |
| ADDLED | 41 |
| LOST | 35 |
| TANGLED UP | 34 |
| BEWILDERED | 32 |
| SCREWED UP | 27 |
| BAFFLED | 26 |
| TURNED AROUND | 23 |
| NR | 22 |
| MESSED UP | 21 |
| FLABBERGASTED | 20 |
| MUDDLED | 19 |
| FLUSTERED | 18 |
| BOLLIXED UP | 15 |
| SHOOK UP | 15 |
| FRUSTRATED | 13 |
| UPSET | 13 |
| OFF HIS ROCKER | 9 |
| DISCOMBOBULATED | 8 |
| HAYWIRE | 7 |
| DUMBFOUNDED | 6 |
| EXCITED | 6 |
| OUT OF HAND | 6 |
| BOLLIXED | 5 |
| CROSSED UP | 5 |
| FLUSTERATED | 5 |
| GOOFED UP | 5 |
| PUZZLED | 5 |
| WOOL-GATHERED | 5 |
| FUSSED UP | 4 |
| IN A DAZE | 4 |
| JUMBLED UP | 4 |
| MUDDLED UP | 4 |
| OFF HIS ROCK | 4 |
| OUT OF IT | 4 |
| SHOOK | 4 |
| AT SEA | 3 |
| BESIDE HIMSELF | 3 |
| BUGGED | 3 |
| BUMFUDDLED | 3 |
| CRAZY | 3 |
| DISCOMBOOBERATED | 3 |
| DISORIENTED | 3 |
| DISTURBED | 3 |
| FLUSTRATED | 3 |
| FUCKED UP | 3 |
| FUDDLED | 3 |
| OFF THE TRACK | 3 |
| OUT OF WHACK | 3 |
| RILED | 3 |
| SIDETRACKED | 3 |
| BAMBOOZLED | 2 |
| BE-ADDLED | 2 |
| BERSERK | 2 |
| BESIDE HISSELF | 2 |
| BLOWED HIS MIND | 2 |
| BOGGED DOWN | 2 |
| BUMFOOZLED | 2 |
| CARRIED AWAY | 2 |
| DAZZLED | 2 |
| DIDN’T KNOW WHETHER HE WAS COMING OR GOING | 2 |
| DISCOMBOOMERATED | 2 |
| DISGUSTED | 2 |
| DISTRACTED | 2 |
| DIZZY | 2 |
| DOESN’T KNOW WHETHER HE’S GOING OR COMING | 2 |
| FERBOLLIXED | 2 |
| FUSSED | 2 |
| GOOFY | 2 |
| HORNSWOGGLED | 2 |
| IN A TIZZY | 2 |
| MESMERIZED | 2 |
| MIXED | 2 |
| NONPLUSSED | 2 |
| OFF | 2 |
| OFF HIS ROCKS | 2 |
| RATTLE-BRAINED | 2 |
| RAZZLED | 2 |
| RUM-DUM | 2 |
| VERHUDLED | 2 |
| ADDLE-HEADED | 1 |
| ANTSY | 1 |
| AT A LOSS | 1 |
| AT HIS WITS’ END | 1 |
| AT WITS’ END | 1 |
| ATSY | 1 |
| B.A.I.K. | 1 |
| BAMFUZZLED | 1 |
| BATTY | 1 |
| BEDAZZLED | 1 |
| BEFUDDLED AND FOULED UP | 1 |
| “BEFUDDLED, BESHIT AND BEWILDERED” | 1 |
| BEFUMBLED | 1 |
| BEFUZZLED | 1 |
| BEMUDDLED UP | 1 |
| BEMUSED | 1 |
| BERANTLED | 1 |
| BESERKED | 1 |
| BLACKED OUT | 1 |
| BLANK | 1 |
| BLEW HIS MIND | 1 |
| BLOWED | 1 |
| BLOWN OUT OF HIS MIND | 1 |
| BOBBERED | 1 |
| BOTCHED | 1 |
| BOTCHED UP | 1 |
| BOTHERED | 1 |
| BOTHERED UP | 1 |
| BUFFALOED | 1 |
| BUGGED UP | 1 |
| BUGGY | 1 |
| BUMFOODLED | 1 |
| BUZZED | 1 |
| COME UNGLUED | 1 |
| CONBOBBERATED | 1 |
| CONFUDDLED | 1 |
| CONFUSE | 1 |
| CONFUSED HIMSELF | 1 |
| CONGLOMERATED | 1 |
| COPPED OUT | 1 |
| COULDN’T GET TOGETHER | 1 |
| COULDN’T TAKE ANY MORE | 1 |
| COULDN’T TELL WHETHER HE WAS COMING OR GOING | 1 |
| CROSSED | 1 |
| CUCKOO | 1 |
| DAFFY | 1 |
| DIDN’T KNOW HEADS FROM TAILS | 1 |
| DIDN’T KNOW IF HE’S COMING OR GOING | 1 |
| DIDN’T KNOW IF THEY WAS COMIN’ OR GOIN’ | 1 |
| DIDN’T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO | 1 |
| DINGHY | 1 |
| DISCOMBOOBELATED | 1 |
| DISCONBOBBERATED | 1 |
| DISORIENTATED | 1 |
| DROVE HIM CRAZY | 1 |
| DROWNED | 1 |
| FARBLONDJET | 1 |
| FARCHADAT | 1 |
| FARSHIMMELT | 1 |
| FLUBBED | 1 |
| FOGGY | 1 |
| FRANTIC | 1 |
| FRAZZLED | 1 |
| FUDDLED UP | 1 |
| FUSED | 1 |
| FUZZED UP | 1 |
| GALLIED | 1 |
| GARBLED | 1 |
| GOING AROUND | 1 |
| GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES | 1 |
| GOT A FLAT SPOT IN HIS ROCKER | 1 |
| GOT ALL MIXED UP | 1 |
| GOT HIS WIRES CROSSED | 1 |
| GOT ME ALL TO PIECES | 1 |
| GOT OF A DITHER | 1 |
| HARE-BRAINED | 1 |
| HASSLED | 1 |
| HOT AND BOTHERED | 1 |
| HUNG UP | 1 |
| HYSTERICAL | 1 |
| IN A DITHER | 1 |
| IN A FLUTTER | 1 |
| IN A JUMBLE | 1 |
| IN A QUANDRY | 1 |
| IN THE DARK | 1 |
| INCOHERENT | 1 |
| IT’S A COMPLETE CHAOS | 1 |
| JABBLED UP | 1 |
| JACKED | 1 |
| JITTERED | 1 |
| JUMBLED | 1 |
| KEYED UP | 1 |
| KICKED OUT OF SHAPE | 1 |
| LIKE TO WENT RAVING MAD | 1 |
| LITTLE DULL | 1 |
| LOCO | 1 |
| LOST IN THE SHUFFLE | 1 |
| LOST IN THE WOODS | 1 |
| LOST TRACK | 1 |
| LOUSED UP | 1 |
| MAD | 1 |
| MADHOUSE | 1 |
| MARRED UP | 1 |
| MINDLESS | 1 |
| MISCONFUDDLED | 1 |
| MISFUDDLED | 1 |
| MISLED | 1 |
| MOMMACKED | 1 |
| MUCKED UP | 1 |
| MYSTIFIED | 1 |
| NERVED UP | 1 |
| NERVOUS AND CONFUSED | 1 |
| NUTTY | 1 |
| OFF BALANCE | 1 |
| OFF BASE | 1 |
| OFF HIS ONION | 1 |
| OFF THE BEATEN PATH | 1 |
| OFF TRACK | 1 |
| OUT IN LEFT FIELD | 1 |
| OUT OF HIS MIND | 1 |
| OUT OF HIS NUT | 1 |
| OUT OF HIS TREE | 1 |
| OUT TO SEA | 1 |
| OVERWHELMED | 1 |
| PANICKED | 1 |
| PERTURBED | 1 |
| PISSED OFF | 1 |
| PSYCHOED | 1 |
| SCRAMBLED | 1 |
| SCREWED | 1 |
| SHAKY | 1 |
| SNOWED UNDER | 1 |
| SPAZZED | 1 |
| SQUIRRELED UP | 1 |
| STIRRED UP | 1 |
| STUCK | 1 |
| STYMIED | 1 |
| TANGLED | 1 |
| THROWED OFF | 1 |
| THROWN | 1 |
| TOPSY-TURVY | 1 |
| TORE UP | 1 |
| TURNED UPSIDE DOWN | 1 |
| UNBALANCED | 1 |
| UP IN THE AIR | 1 |
| WAS A COMPLETE BASKET CASE | 1 |
| WAS GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES | 1 |
| WILD | 1 |
| WOOL-GATHERING | 1 |
| WOOZY | 1 |
| WORN OUT | 1 |
| WOUND UP | 1 |
| WRENCHED | 1 |
| YOU GOT MY BRAIN IN A WHIRL | 1 |
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