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Synonyms & Antonyms of confusion
1
a state of mental uncertainty
- the farmer's driving directions to the fairground just left us in total confusion
Synonyms for confusion
- bafflement,
- bamboozlement,
- befuddlement,
- bemusement,
- bewilderedness,
- bewilderment,
- confusedness,
- discombobulation,
- distraction,
- fog,
- head-scratching,
- maze
- [chiefly dialect],
- muddle,
- mystification,
- perplexity,
- puzzlement,
- tangle,
- whirl
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2
a state in which everything is out of order
- it was hard to find anything in that confusion in the attic
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3
the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable
- thrown into speechless confusion by the wild accusations
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