Confused
Derailed
Confused and derailed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confused" instead an adjective "Derailed".
Nearby Words: derailment, derailing
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Not to be confused either with Affably Evil or Beware the Nice Ones, where the person is genuinely nice rather than just putting up a facade (though both tropes can be derailed as such if overexaggerated, as can a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing evolve into one of the former via Character Development).
Source: Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
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