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confusion
noun
1 confusion
Disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably.
Roget 879:
humility,
humbleness;
meekness,
lowness;
lowliness,
lowlihood†;
abasement,
self-abasement;
submission
etc.
725;
resignation.
condescension;
affability
etc.
(courtesy)
894.
modesty
etc.
881;
verecundity†,
blush,
suffusion,
confusion;
sense of shame,
sense of disgrace;
humiliation,
mortification;
let down,
set down.
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Polish: zamieszanie, zamęt
2 confusion
A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior:
— A confusion of impressions.
synonyms: confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness.
Roget 59:
disorder;
derangement
etc.
61;
irregularity;
anomaly
etc.
(unconformity)
83;
anarchy,
anarchism;
want of method;
untidiness
etc.
adj.;
disunion;
discord
etc.
24.
confusion;
confusedness
etc.
adj.;
mishmash,
mix;
disarray,
jumble,
huddle,
litter,
lumber;
cahotage†;
farrago;
mess,
mash,
muddle,
muss [U.S.],
hash,
hodgepodge;
hotch-potch†,
hotch-pot†;
imbroglio,
chaos,
omnium gatherum [Lat.],
medley;
mere mixture
etc.
41;
fortuitous concourse of atoms,
disjecta membra [Lat.],
rudis indigestaque moles [Lat.]
[Ovid].
complexity
etc.
59.1.
turmoil;
ferment
etc.
(agitation)
315;
to-do,
trouble,
pudder†,
pother,
row,
rumble,
disturbance,
hubbub,
convulsion,
tumult,
uproar,
revolution,
riot,
rumpus,
stour†,
scramble,
brawl,
fracas,
rhubarb,
fight,
free-for-all,
row,
ruction,
rumpus,
embroilment,
melee,
spill and pelt,
rough and tumble;
whirlwind
etc.
349;
bear garden,
Babel,
Saturnalia,
donnybrook,
Donnybrook Fair,
confusion worse confounded,
most admired disorder,
concordia discors [Lat.];
Bedlam,
all hell broke loose;
bull in a china shop;
all the fat in the fire,
diable a' quatre [Fr.],
Devil to pay;
pretty kettle of fish;
pretty piece of work [Fr.],
pretty piece of business [Fr.].
[legal terms]
disorderly person;
disorderly persons offence;
misdemeanor.
[moral disorder]
slattern,
slut
(libertine)
962.
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Dutch: confusie, desoriëntatie, verwarring
3 confusion
4 confusion
An act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended.
5 confusion
A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another:
— He changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw.
synonym: mix-up.
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