conflicted

/kənˈflɪktɪd/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

difficult

VERB + CONFLICTED

exhausted, feel, feeling, felt, looks

CONFLICTED + NOUN

everybody, relationship

PREP.

about, with

ADV.

always, emotionally, really

Definitions

adj

In a state of personal or emotional conflict.

I felt conflicted about whether he liked me or not.

She has always been conflicted about her relationship with my family.

Having a conflict of interest.

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Example Bank

I felt conflicted about whether he liked me or not.

Wiktionary

She has always been conflicted about her relationship with my family.

Wiktionary

He sees a pretty woman in a pod and decides to make her his, subsuming her lifetime of hopes and dreams (not to mention her bodily autonomy) to his own desire for companionship, and lies to her in ord

Wiktionary

Tom looks conflicted.

Tatoeba · #2237215

Tom is feeling conflicted.

Tatoeba · #2273131

Tom was very conflicted by the difficult decision he had to make.

Tatoeba · #3656829

Usage Notes

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In some senses, conflicted is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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