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مَشُوش
confused /muˈʃawːaʃ/
nounB1#2908 most common
Also: muddled, disoriented, garbled/jammed (of a signal)
Example sentences
أَنَا مُشَوَّشٌ.
I am confused.
هِيَ مُشَوَّشَةٌ قَلِيلًا اليَوْمَ.
She is a bit confused today.
أَصْبَحَ مُشَوَّشًا بَعْدَ سَمَاعِ الخَبَرِ.
He became confused after hearing the news.
كَانَ الطُّلَّابُ مُشَوَّشِينَ بِسَبَبِ كَثْرَةِ الوَاجِبَاتِ.
The students were confused because of the heavy load of homework.
الخَطُّ الهَاتِفِيُّ مُشَوَّشٌ وَلَا أَسْتَطِيعُ سَمَاعَكَ بِوُضُوحٍ.
The phone line is garbled and I can't hear you clearly.
بَعْدَ لَيَالٍ مِنَ السَّهَرِ المُتَوَاصِلِ، أَصْبَحَ تَفْكِيرُهُ مُشَوَّشًا وَلَمْ يَعُدْ قَادِرًا عَلَى اتِّخَاذِ قَرَارٍ وَاضِحٍ.
After nights of continuous staying up late, his thinking grew muddled, and he could no longer make a clear decision.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُشَوَّشٌ | مُشَوَّشُونَ |
| Genitive | مُشَوَّشٍ | مُشَوَّشِينَ |
| Accusative | مُشَوَّشًا | مُشَوَّشِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُشَوَّشُ | يَا مُشَوَّشُونَ |
Word family
شَوَّشَto confuse, disturb, jam
تَشْوِيشconfusion, interference, static
مُشَوِّشone who confuses; a jamming device
تَشَوُّشstate of confusion, disorientation
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root sh-w-sh, tied to noise and disorder. The Form II verb shawwasha means to disturb, jam, or throw into confusion, and mushawwash is its passive participle: something or someone made confused. Arabic grammar calls such participles an ism, a noun, even though English treats the equivalent as an adjective. The word is common in daily speech for both a muddled mind and a jammed signal.
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