confusion
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
the army retreated in confusion
Types & categories
- disorder hypernym
- demoralisation hyponym
- bluster hyponym
- chaos hyponym
- hugger-mugger hyponym
- schemozzle hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
a confusion of impressions
Types & categories
- cognitive state hypernym
- disorientation hyponym
- distraction hyponym
- daze hyponym
- half-cock hyponym
- jamais vu hyponym
- obfuscation hyponym
- perplexity hyponym
Related & opposite
- confound derivation
- confused derivation
- disoriented derivation
- baffled derivation
Sense 3 noun
a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
Types & categories
- embarrassment hypernym
Related & opposite
- confound derivation
- disconcert derivation
- discombobulate derivation
Sense 4 noun
an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel
Types & categories
- compounding hypernym
- babel hyponym
Related & opposite
- mix up derivation
Sense 5 noun
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw
Types & categories
- mistake hypernym
Related & opposite
- confuse derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | demoralisation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bluster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chaos |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hugger-mugger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | schemozzle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | confound |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | confused |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disoriented |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | baffled |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive state |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disorientation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | distraction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | daze |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | half-cock |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | jamais vu |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | obfuscation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | perplexity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | confound |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | disconcert |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | discombobulate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | embarrassment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mix up |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | compounding |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | babel |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | confuse |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | mistake |