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conflicted

  • /kənˈflɪktɪd/

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of conflict [T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.

adjective more conflicted · most conflicted

  1. Canada, US, informal In a state of personal or emotional conflict. I felt conflicted about whether he liked me or not.
  2. proscribed Having a conflict of interest.

Similar: ambivalent

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fight, battle, dispute, struggle, run afoul, infringe, contravene, difference, engagement, contradicted, contradictory, contradict, contrary, adversarial, incompatible, undecided

adjective

Similar: ambivalent

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Españolconfligido, conflictuado

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@misc{conflicted_2026,
  title = {conflicted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conflicted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}