All confusion synonyms

noun confusion

• difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
• complexity — Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way.
• consternation — Consternation is a feeling of anxiety or fear.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• dislocation — an act or instance of dislocating.
• mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
• turmoil — a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions.
• bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
• turbulence — the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.
• distraction — the act of distracting.
• disorientation — to disorient.
• complication — A complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.
• upheaval — strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society: the upheaval of war.
• disarray — to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
• chaos — Chaos is a state of complete disorder and confusion.
• anarchy — If you describe a situation as anarchy, you mean that nobody seems to be paying any attention to rules or laws.
• wilderness — a wooded area in NE Virginia: several battles fought here in 1864 between armies of Grant and Lee.
• mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
• shambles — a shambling gait.
• clutter — Clutter is a lot of things in an untidy state, especially things that are not useful or necessary.
• racket — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
• jumble — to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
• tangle — to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
• row — record
• intricacy — intricate character or state.
• labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
• haze — vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.: The victims were still in a haze and couldn't describe the accident.
• fog — a second growth of grass, as after mowing.
• stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
• daze — If someone is in a daze, they are feeling confused and unable to think clearly, often because they have had a shock or surprise.
• ferment — Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
• surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
• stir — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
• astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
• riot — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
• mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
• muddle — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
• imbroglio — a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations.
• fracas — a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.
• ado — bustling activity; fuss; bother; delay (esp in the phrases without more ado, with much ado)
• untidiness — not tidy or neat; slovenly; disordered: an untidy room; an untidy person.
• discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
• pandemonium — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
• uproar — a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
• disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
• bustle — If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.
• demoralization — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
• pother — commotion; uproar.
• puzzlement — the state of being puzzled; perplexity.
• bemusement — Bemusement is the feeling that you have when you are puzzled or confused by something.