'Confusion' definitions:
Definition of 'confusion'
(from WordNet)
noun
Disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
noun
A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" [syn: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray]
noun
A feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused [syn: confusion, discombobulation]
noun
An act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"
noun
A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" [syn: confusion, mix-up]
Definition of 'Confusion'
From: GCIDE
- Confusion \Con*fu"sion\, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.]
- 1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. [1913 Webster]
- The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
- Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. [1913 Webster]
- Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. [1913 Webster]
- Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] --Chapmen. [1913 Webster]
- Confusion of goods (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. --Blackstone. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'confusion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abashment,
- agitation,
- aloofness,
- ambiguity,
- ambiguousness,
- amorphia,
- amorphism,
- amorphousness,
- anarchism,
- anarcho-syndicalism,
- anarchy,
- antinomianism,
- assortment,
- ataxia,
- babel,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- bashfulness,
- bedlam,
- befuddlement,
- bewilderment,
- blurriness,
- bother,
- botheration,
- chagrin,
- chaos,
- check,
- checkmate,
- cloud,
- clutter,
- combining,
- commotion,
- confounding,
- confoundment,
- contradiction,
- coyness,
- criminal syndicalism,
- daze,
- demureness,
- demurity,
- derangement,
- destruction,
- devastation,
- diffusion,
- dilemma,
- din,
- disarrangement,
- disarray,
- discombobulation,
- discomfiture,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- discontinuity,
- discountenance,
- discreteness,
- disjunction,
- dislocation,
- disorder,
- disorderliness,
- disorganization,
- disorientation,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- disruption,
- dissolution,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- dither,
- embarrassment,
- enigma,
- entropy,
- fabulous formless darkness,
- fix,
- flap,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- fog,
- foil,
- formlessness,
- foul-up,
- frenzy,
- frustration,
- fuddle,
- fuddlement,
- fuzziness,
- gallimaufry,
- hassle,
- havoc,
- haze,
- haziness,
- huddle,
- hullabaloo,
- incoherence,
- inconsistency,
- indecisiveness,
- indefiniteness,
- indeterminateness,
- intermingling,
- jam,
- jumble,
- lather,
- license,
- loss,
- lynch law,
- maze,
- mess,
- messiness,
- misrule,
- mist,
- mistiness,
- misunderstanding,
- mix-up,
- mixing,
- mixture,
- mob law,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- morass,
- mortification,
- mousiness,
- muck,
- muddle,
- muddlement,
- mystery,
- nihilism,
- nonadhesion,
- noncohesion,
- nonplus,
- obscurity,
- ochlocracy,
- orderlessness,
- pandemonium,
- perplexity,
- perturbation,
- pickle,
- plight,
- pother,
- predicament,
- primal chaos,
- problem,
- pucker,
- puzzle,
- puzzlement,
- quandary,
- rebellion,
- rebuff,
- repulse,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- revolution,
- riddle,
- rout,
- ruffle,
- ruination,
- scattering,
- scrape,
- screw-up,
- self-consciousness,
- separateness,
- setback,
- shambles,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- shapelessness,
- shuffle,
- shyness,
- skittishness,
- snafu,
- snarl,
- stagefright,
- stammering,
- stew,
- sweat,
- swivet,
- syndicalism,
- timidity,
- timidness,
- timorousness,
- tizzy,
- tohubohu,
- tumult,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- unadherence,
- unadhesiveness,
- unassuredness,
- unclearness,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unruliness,
- unsettlement,
- untenacity,
- upset,
- vagueness