confusion

n

1. disarray, disorganization, disarrangement, derangement, confusedness; jumble, mess, Inf. stew, huddle.Scot. Inf. guddle, mix-up, snafu,//?/ foul-up, Sl. ballup, Brit. Si. balls-up.

2. disorder, upheaval, turmoil, moil, tumult, Brit. Dial. stour; anarchy, chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, babel, hugger-mugger, topsy-turvydom, three-ring circus; commotion, turbulence, brouhaha, uproar, pother, hurly-burly, convulsion; disturbance, trouble, to-do, row, riot, melee, fracas, rumpus, brawl, free-for-all, Donnybrook; agitation, stir, ferment, bustle, hubbub.

3. indistinctness, blurredness, obscurity; entanglement, complication, complexity, imbroglio, network, labyrinth, maze; ravelment, snarl, knot, coil, skein, tangle, congestion, tie-up; mixture, medley, jumble, jungle, wilderness, bewilderment, hodgepodge, clutter.

4. perplexity, bewilderment, bafflement, mystification, Brit. Dial. swither; stupefaction, uncertainty, demoralization, sixes and sevens; distraction, daze, fog, haze, Psychiatry. disorientation, unhingement.

5. embarrassment, mortification, humiliation, shame; abashment, chagrin, perturbation, consternation, discomposure, discomfiture, disconcertment.