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at sixes and sevens
adjective as in confused
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in muddle-headed
Weak matches
- abashed
- addled
- addlepated
- at a loss
- at sea
- baffled
- befuddled
- bewildered
- come apart
- confounded
- confusional
- dazed
- discombobulated
- disconcerted
- disorganized
- distracted
- flummoxed
- flustered
- fouled-up
- glassy-eyed
- gone
- misled
- mixed up
- muddled
- nonplussed
- not with it
- out to lunch
- perplexed
- perturbed
- punch-drunk
- punchy
- puzzled
- screwy
- shook-up
- shot to pieces
- slaphappy
- spaced out
- stumped
- taken aback
- thrown
- thrown off balance
- turbid
- unglued
- unscrewed
- unzipped
Example Sentences
So, that's their first aim here and if it's 11 v 11 then Chelsea can hurt Liverpool, even without Cole Palmer, because the Reds are at sixes and sevens at the back.
The Irish defence were just at sixes and sevens, they couldn't rush up because England would truck it up with Martin, Chessum or Ollie Lawrence, and if they backed off, England were at pace and Furbank was causing havoc in the 13 channel as a runner.
Unity is strength At the moment, the liberal world is at sixes and sevens over China.
“He was at sixes and sevens after the election, but he is perceived as having gotten back on track,” said Pat Leahy, the political editor of The Irish Times.
“He’s at sixes and sevens right now,” Faldo says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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