confusion

Definitions

1. A lack of clarity or order
2. A lack of clarity or order.
   uncountable, usually
3. The state of being confused; misunderstanding
4. The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
   uncountable, usually
5. The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things
6. The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things.
   uncountable, usually
7. Lack of understanding due to dementia
8. Lack of understanding due to dementia.
   uncountable, usually
9. A state of shame or embarrassment
10. A state of shame or embarrassment.
    archaic, uncountable, usually
11. A group of wildebeest.
    collective, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

41 more languages

العربيةاحتياراختلاطارتباكالتباسالتّشويشتحييرعشواءلبسهذيان+ 6 more

Bosanskigungulakonfuzijametežnesuvislostsmutnjazabunazamešateljstvozbrkaгунгулазабуназамешатељствозбркаконфузијаметежнесувислостсмутња+ 13 more

Catalàconfusió

Češtinakonfuzemaglajzzmatek

Danskforvirring

Ελληνικάακαταστασίαανακάτεμαανακάτωμααταξίαμπέρδεμαπαραζάλησάστισμασύγχυση+ 5 more

Esperantokonfuzo

Suomibordelliepäselvyyshämäännyshämmennyshämminkirevohkasekaannus+ 4 more

Gaeilgecíor thuathailsuaitheadh

Gàidhligbreisleachbuaireasiomairtmì-rianmì-rianalasùpraid+ 3 more

Galegofeiraliorta

עבריתבלבולמבוכה

हिन्दीअसमंजसउलझनगड़बड़गड़बड़झालागड़बड़ाहटघपलाघबराहटतुमुलभरमभ्रमशोर-शराबाहलचल+ 9 more

Hrvatskigungulakonfuzijametežnesuvislostsmutnjazabunazamešateljstvozbrkaгунгулазабуназамешатељствозбркаконфузијаметежнесувислостсмутња+ 13 more

Magyarösszevisszaságzavar

Հայերենշփոթշփոթմունքշփոթությունշփոթվածություն+ 1 more

Bahasa Indonesiakerupuk

Íslenskabrenglruglingur

Italianoconfusionedisordinedisorientamentosbandamento+ 1 more

日本語どさくさもやもや乱脈乱雑周章狼狽戸惑い暗混乱混同混迷混雑狼狽狼藉紊乱紜迷い䜌+ 14 more

한국어戄교란낭패문란착란혼돈혼동혼란+ 5 more

Kurdîwar

Latinaconfusioconturbatiointerturbationoxperturbatiostragestrepidatiotumultusturbatio+ 6 more

Latviešutirgus

മലയാളംആശയക്കുഴപ്പം

Bahasa Melayukekeliruan

Nederlandsverwarringwar

Polskichaosferworkociokwikkonfuzjamętliknieporozumienieprzepustazamętzamieszanie+ 6 more

Portuguêsconfusão

Românăconfuzie

Русскийбеспорядокзамешательствонедоразумениенеразберихапутаницасмятение+ 3 more

Slovenčinazmätok

Shqiphuti

Српскиgungulakonfuzijametežnesuvislostsmutnjazabunazamešateljstvozbrkaгунгулазабуназамешатељствозбркаконфузијаметежнесувислостсмутња+ 13 more

Svenskaförbistringförbryllelseförväxlingförvirringvillervalla+ 2 more

தமிழ்குழப்பம்

తెలుగుతడబాటు

ไทยความยุ่งเหยิงความสับสนความโกลาหล

Türkçehalelkarışıklık

Українськазамішкаплутанинасум'яття

Tiếng Việtlú lẫn

Examples

“But much of the federal workforce is located outside the nation’s capital, and Trump’s offer⟳ was met with confusion and skepticism in many of those offices.”

“Forgive⟳ these wild and wandering cries, ⁠Confusions of a wasted youth; ⁠Forgive⟳ them where they fail⟳ in truth, And in thy wisdom make⟳ me wise.”

“The confusion of sexual orientation and gender identity leads to discrimination and stereotyping.”

“Now (exc. in Nautical language, see⟳ b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie⟳, its identity of form⟳ with the past tense of the latter no doubt⟳ accounting largely for the confusion.”

“Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face⟳ overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […]”

“A group of wildebeest is called a confusion.”

CEFR level