different between confused vs intricate
confused
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?fju?zd/
Verb
confused
- simple past tense and past participle of confuse
Adjective
confused (comparative more confused, superlative most confused)
- (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
- (of a person or animal) disoriented
- chaotic, jumbled or muddled
- making no sense; illogical
- embarrassed
Synonyms
- (unable to think clearly or understand): puzzled, perplexed, dazed
Hyponyms
- often-confused
Related terms
- confuse
- confusing
- confusion
Translations
Anagrams
- foncused
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intricate
English
Etymology 1
From Latin intricatus, past participle of intricare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.t??.k?t/
Adjective
intricate (comparative more intricate, superlative most intricate)
- Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
- As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
Translations
Etymology 2
As the adjective; or by analogy with extricate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.t??.ke?t/
Verb
intricate (third-person singular simple present intricates, present participle intricating, simple past and past participle intricated)
- (intransitive) To become enmeshed or entangled.
- 1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23):
- […] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.
- 1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23):
- (transitive) To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate.
- 1994 December 12, William Safire, “Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times:
- But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated.
- 1994 December 12, William Safire, “Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times:
References
- intricate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- acitretin, triacetin, triactine
Italian
Adjective
intricate f pl
- feminine plural of intricato
Verb
intricate
- second-person plural present of intricare
- second-person plural imperative of intricare
- feminine plural past participle of intricare
Anagrams
- recintati
- trinciate
Latin
Verb
intr?c?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of intr?c?
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