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Mixed-up

Definition: Mixed-up

Mixed-up

Adjective

1. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mixed-up" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references)


Synonyms: Mixed-up

Synonyms: at sea (adj), baffled (adj), befuddled (adj), bemused (adj), bewildered (adj), confounded (adj), confused (adj), lost (adj), mazed (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Mixed-up

English words defined with "mixed-up": at seabaffled, befuddled, bemused, bewilderedconfounded, confusedlostmazed, mingle. (references)
Specialty definitions using "mixed-up": mixed-up observations. (references)

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Modern Usage: Mixed-up

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1963)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Mixed-up

DomainTitle

Books

  • Finding the Will of God in a Crazy, Mixed-Up World (reference)

  • Mixed-Up Max (Planet Reader, Chapter Book) (reference)

  • Richard Scarry's Mr. Fixit's Mixed-Up Christmas: A Pop-Up Book With Flaps and Pull-Tabs on All Sides (Richard Scarry Pop Up) (reference)

  • The Incredible Worlds Of Wally Mcdoogle: #17 My Life As A Mixed-up Millennium Bug (reference)

  • The Mystery of the Mixed-Up Zoo (Boxcar Children Mysteries, 26) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mixed-up

"Mixed-up" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mixed-up" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2964,444

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Mixed-up

Language Translations for "mixed-up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

混杂 (miscellaneous, mixed). (various references)

   

Danish

  

fejlplacerede observationer (mixed-up observations). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

mixed-up observations (mixed-up observations). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sekoitetut havainnot (mixed-up observations). (various references)

   

German

  

mixed-up-Beobachtungen (mixed-up observations). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συγκεχυμένες παρατηρήσεις (mixed-up observations). (various references)

   

Italian

  

osservazioni raggruppate con totale noto (mixed-up observations). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

혼합 위로. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ixed-upmay

   

Portuguese

  

observações misturadas (mixed-up observations). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

observaciones mezcladas (mixed-up observations). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

identitetslösa observationer (mixed-up observations), flumdebatt (mixed-up debate). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ซึ่งสับสนวุ่นวาย (muddled). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Mixed-up

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-i-m-p-u-x"

-2 letters: imped, mixed, mixup, umped.

-3 letters: dime, dump, dupe, idem, pied.

-4 letters: dex, die, dim, dip, due, dui, dup, emu, imp, med, mid, mix, mud, ped, pie, piu, pix, pud, ump.

-5 letters: de, ed, em, ex, id, me, mi, mu, pe, pi, um, up, xi, xu.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-m-p-u-x"
 

+4 letters: multiplexed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Mixed-up


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 69 78 65 64 2D 75 70

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101001 01111000 01100101 01100100 00101101 01110101 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#105 &#120 &#101 &#100 &#45 &#117 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0069 0078 0065 0064 002D 0075 0070

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4775907170158782

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Mixed-up"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, 중국, chinês, chino, kinesisk

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse丹麦语, tanskalainen, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés, dansk

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzung德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, alemão, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, grego, griego, grek

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี

Korean

사 , 의, 번역韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portugués, portugis

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, 스웨덴, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น

Thai

พจนานุกรม泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, thailænder, Thais, Thai, thaimaalainen, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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