conflicted
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4.4
- adjective
- /kənˈflɪktɪd/
- She was conflicted about attending the wedding because she wasn't sure if she wanted to see her ex.
- feel conflicted
- conflicted feelings
- deeply conflicted
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Watch on YouTubeAnd so they can be quite conflicted about this.
- And so they can be quite conflicted about this.
- This recipe has me so conflicted because I love the taste.
- I find myself conflicted on this.
- OK, I know it leaves you like a little conflicted.
- I don't like watching myself because I really am conflicted.
- Here's what Shakespeare put into the mouth of Romeo to express that character's conflicted, almost tortured view of love.
- Like, no, I want to be yeah, you're conflicted.
- It's, it brings up again, such complicated, conflicted, dissonant kinds of emotions.
- They're not obviously conflicted by can we lay out that methodology?
- Let them see the good, the bad, the ugly, the weak, the strong, the conflicted, the terrible.
- Morally conflicted kind of in the, the balance between good and evil.
Examples
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You know, I'm very conflicted about how I'm supposed to feel watching this.
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I can see how conflicted you are.
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And so they can be quite conflicted about this.
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I find myself conflicted on this.
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I do have conflicted feelings about this door.
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This recipe has me so conflicted because I love the taste.
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NASA has always felt conflicted over this.
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I'm really conflicted right now.
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His adult life and relationships, in particular, reveal a conflicted and sometimes unhappy man.
Academic text (2001) -
You feel sympathy, you feel conflicted, you wrestle with your own feelings, as I said before.
Synonyms
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4.2
Feeling pulled between two choices or loyalties
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7.1
Feeling both good and bad about something and not sure what to do
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5.4
People have different opinions about something
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6.7
Feeling unsure about which choice to make
Antonyms
How Conflicted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conflicted comes from conflict, made of con- 'together' and flict 'strike', a part you can see in the word inflict. So, being conflicted is like having two feelings 'clash' or 'fight' inside you.