Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Confused

Confused as in a dream.
—Anonymous

Confused, like the roaring of waves.
—Anonymous

Confusion of voices, like the chirping of young birds when the brood is just hatched under the down.
—Alexandre Dumas, père

Confusedly, like a flight of dark shadows.
—Victor Hugo

Confused as a soul heavy-laden with trouble that will not depart.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Speaks to confuse, like speech by age o’ertaken.
—Bayard Taylor