Confusion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of confusing or the state of being confused: Backstage confusion made the rehearsal difficult.
  • n. An instance of being confused: "After his awakening to Chicano identity, he briefly mastered his inner confusions and found an articulate voice” ( David C. Unger).
  • n. Psychology Impaired orientation with respect to time, place, or person; a disturbed mental state.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A lack of clarity or order.
  • n. The state of being confused; not understanding.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.
  • n. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.
  • n. Overthrow; defeat; ruin.
  • n. One who confuses; a confounder.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of confusing or mingling together two or more things or notions properly separate; the act or process of becoming confused or thrown together in disorder, so as to conceal or obliterate original differences, etc.
  • n. The state of being confused or mixed together, literally or figuratively; an indiscriminate or disorderly mingling; disorder; tumultuous condition: as, the confusion of the crowd.
  • n. The state of having confused or indistinct ideas; lack of clearness of thought.
  • n. Perturbation of mind; embarrassment; abashment; trouble; distraction.
  • n. Overthrow; destruction; ruin.
  • n. One who confuses; a confounder; a troubler.
  • n. In civil law, merger of two titles in the same person.
  • n. In civil law and Scots law, an extinction of an obligation or servitude by the fact that the two persons whose divided position is requisite for the continuance of a debt become one person, for example, when one becomes the heir of the other.
  • n. Synonyms Derangement, jumble, chaos, turmoil.
  • n. Perplexity, bewilderment, distraction, mortification.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
  • n. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
  • n. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
  • n. a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
  • n. disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
  • Antonym
    clarity   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mistake    error    fault    embarrassment   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disorder    tumult    perturbation    shame    overthrow    defeat    ruin    confounder    bewilderment    discombobulation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    allusion    collusion    conclusion    contusion    delusion    diffusion    disillusion    exclusion    extrusion    fusion   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    excitement    uncertainty    terror    anger    embarrassment    weakness    panic    disorder    chaos    distress