confusion
State of disorientation
Confusion is the state of being unclear or bewildered—unable to think clearly or understand what's happening.
A confusing explanation creates confusion in the listener.
Confusion can also mean disorder or mixing things up: There was some confusion about which room to use.
In the confusion of a crowd, things get lost.
To throw into confusion is to disrupt or disorient.
Complete disorder and confusion
- disarrayLack of order
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
- muddleDisordered, bewildered state
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
tangle · shambles · clutter · disorganization · hodgepodge · mishmash · scramble · snarl
Intricate passage network
- mazePuzzle of passages
- webInterwoven filament structure
- tangleTwisted mass of strands
- knotTied rope fastening
intricacy · convolution · quagmire · morass · snarl · entanglement · complicated · convoluted
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- puzzlementState of being baffled
- bafflementMental state of confusion
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
disorientation · fog · haze · blur · muddle · daze · stupor · discombobulation
Absence of precision
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- unclearNot easily understood
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
- indefiniteNot precisely determined
obscurity · murkiness · haziness · equivocation · double meaning · mixed messages · cryptic · enigmatic
Erroneous belief or understanding
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
- miscommunicationFailed exchange of meaning
- misapprehensionIncorrect belief or understanding
- misperceptionIncorrect interpretation of reality
misread · mix-up · crossed wires · mixed signals · talking past · lost in translation · misheard · garbled
Distressed loss of courage
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
- disconcertedDisturbed and uneasy
- consternationAnxious amazement causing paralysis
distress · unease · apprehension · troubled · disquiet · alarm · panic · overwhelmed
chaos
Complete disorder and confusion
mess · tangle · shambles · clutter · disorganization · hodgepodge · mishmash · scramble · snarl · mayhem
labyrinth
Intricate passage network
knot · intricacy · convolution · quagmire · morass · snarl · entanglement · complicated · convoluted · knotty
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- puzzlementState of being baffled
- bafflementMental state of confusion
befuddlement · disorientation · fog · haze · blur · muddle · daze · stupor · discombobulation · addled
vagueness
Absence of precision
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- unclearNot easily understood
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
indefinite · obscurity · murkiness · haziness · equivocation · double meaning · mixed messages · cryptic · enigmatic · opaque
misconception
Erroneous belief or understanding
- misinterpretationIncorrect understanding of meaning
- miscommunicationFailed exchange of meaning
- misapprehensionIncorrect belief or understanding
misperception · misread · mix-up · crossed wires · mixed signals · talking past · lost in translation · misheard · garbled · mistake
dismay
Distressed loss of courage
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
- disconcertedDisturbed and uneasy
consternation · distress · unease · apprehension · troubled · disquiet · alarm · panic · overwhelmed · rattled
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- feelingsemotion, feeling, pleasure, joy, anger
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- commotioncommotion, clamor, brouhaha, bedlam, hullabaloo
- Communication Problemsmiscommunication, misunderstanding, static, garbled, interference
- confusionbewilderment, perplexity, baffled, bafflement, befuddlement
confusionclarity
State of being understandable
understanding · comprehension · enlightenment · lucidity · certainty
confusionorder
Methodical arrangement or request
organization · orderliness · system · method · pattern
confusioncomposure
Emotional self-control
calm · poise · equanimity · self-possession · aplomb
- mental confusionImpaired clarity of thought
- source confusionMistaking where memory came from
- identity confusionUnclear sense of self
- muscle confusionSwitching workouts to challenge body
- nipple confusionInfant difficulty switching feeders
- name confusionMixing up identities