mixed-up

[ mikst-uhp ]

adjective

1. completely confused or emotionally unstable:

   a mixed-up teenager.

mixed-up

adjective

1. in a state of mental confusion; perplexed

Word History and Origins

Origin of mixed-up¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Their DNA gets mixed up when different pairs of animals have babies.

From NewsForKids.net

The source of the threat may have gotten their addresses mixed up — ballot processing centers have been the targets of a number of recent bomb threats, but the one for L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

“The children become very emotionally mixed up,” says Sir Andrew McFarlane, the head of the Family Court in England and Wales.

From BBC

Trump has mixed up words, names, places and timelines in his remarks on the campaign trail and in interviews, and routinely goes on strange tangents in the midst of longer and longer stump speeches.

From Los Angeles Times

It must have got mixed up with something and it's only surfaced now.

From BBC