Dictionary Entry
confusion
confusion is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.
- 2noun
The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.
- 3noun
Overthrow; defeat; ruin.
- 4noun
One who confuses; a confounder.
- 5noun
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
"he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
- 6noun
an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
"the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"
- 7noun
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
"a confusion of impressions"
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- 8noun
a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
- 9noun
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
"the army retreated in confusion"
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