conflicted

[kuhn-flik-tid]

adjective

1. full of conflicting conflicting emotions or impulses.

   a situation that makes one feel very conflicted.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conflicted¹

conflict + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The AI-generated Angie seems a bit overdone when compared to the more conflicted human original, whose moodiness shifts mercurially between impudence and ambivalence.

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Indeed, “It Was Just an Accident” could be seen as Panahi’s attempt to work through his own warring responses to his imprisonment, with different characters giving voice to his conflicted feelings.

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The episode makes the White House’s energy policies look conflicted.

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And here, he settles nicely into Kerr’s conflicted state of mind, rattled by drugs, fights, ambition and a constant belief in human kindness that makes his performance engrossing, even when the film isn’t.

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It’s also been an intimate window into the conflicted inner life of the show’s eponymous host.

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Related Words

• differ 
• disagree 
• disturb 
• vary