confusingness
State of perplexity
The quality of being confusing or hard to understand.
A rarely used nominalization—most speakers would reach for confusion or simply say something is confusing rather than comment on its confusingness.
When it does appear, it's often deliberate: The sheer confusingness of the tax code seems intentional.
Loss of spatial awareness
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
- discombobulationUtter mental confusion
- mystificationDeliberate creation of confusion
incomprehension · daze · stupefaction · flummox · bamboozlement · nonplussed · bafflement · puzzlement
Absence of precision
- equivocalUncertain in meaning
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
- unclearNot easily understood
- nebulousUnclear and formless
indistinct · murky · opaque · imprecise · indefinite · polysemous · cryptic · obscure
State of elaborate complexity
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- elaboratenessState of being ornate
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
byzantine · knotty · tangled · convoluted · multifaceted · layered · dense · tortuous
Lack of firm belief
- indecisionFailure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
ambivalence · inconclusiveness · irresolution · unsureness · wavering · equivocation · incertitude · questioning
disorientation
Loss of spatial awareness
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
- discombobulationUtter mental confusion
mystification · incomprehension · daze · stupefaction · flummox · bamboozlement · nonplussed · bafflement · puzzlement · head-scratching
vagueness
Absence of precision
nebulous · indistinct · murky · opaque · imprecise · indefinite · polysemous · cryptic · obscure · blurred
intricacy
State of elaborate complexity
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- elaboratenessState of being ornate
labyrinthine · byzantine · knotty · tangled · convoluted · multifaceted · layered · dense · tortuous · ramified
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- indecisionFailure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
unpredictability · ambivalence · inconclusiveness · irresolution · unsureness · wavering · equivocation · incertitude · questioning · skepticism
jumble
Confused disorderly collection
mess · chaos · hodgepodge · mishmash · snarl · scramble · clutter · maze · morass · shambles
confusingnessclarity
State of being understandable
clearness · lucidity · intelligibility · comprehensibility · understandability
confusingnesscoherence
Logical internal consistency
orderliness · logic · logicalness · organization · consistency
confused, confusion, confuse, confusing, confound, confuses, confusingly, unconfused, unconfusing