Defenition of the word confusion
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Defenition of the word confusion
- The act of confusing or the state of being confused.
- disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
- a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
- a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
- a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
- an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"
- a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"
- a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
- an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
- disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
Synonyms for the word confusion
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- awkwardness
- bewilderment
- chaos
- commotion
- confounding
- destruction
- disarray
- discombobulation
- discomfiture
- disorder
- disorientation
- embarrassment
- loss of nerve
- mayhem
- mental confusion
- mess
- mistake
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- muddle
- mystification
- overthrow
- perplexity
- puzzlement
- ruin
- slip-up
- turmoil
- uncertainty
- upheaval
Similar words in the confusion
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- confusion
- confusion's
- confusions
Hyponyms for the word confusion
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- babel
- bafflement
- bedlam
- befuddlement
- bemusement
- bewilderment
- bluster
- chaos
- daze
- demoralisation
- demoralization
- disorientation
- distraction
- fog
- half-cock
- haze
- hugger-mugger
- jamais vu
- mumbo jumbo
- mystification
- obfuscation
- pandemonium
- perplexity
- puzzlement
- schemozzle
- shemozzle
- topsy-turvydom
- topsy-turvyness
Hypernyms for the word confusion
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- cognitive state
- combination
- combining
- compounding
- disorder
- embarrassment
- error
- fault
- mistake
- state of mind
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