mixed-up adj : perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school" [syn: {baffled}, {befuddled}, {bemused}, {bewildered}, {confounded}, {confused}, {lost}, {mazed}, {at sea}]