Word Meanings - CONFUSION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc

Additional info about word: CONFUSION

1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. Shak. 2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. Spectator. 3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. Gray. 4. One who confuses; a confounder. Chapmen. Confusion of goods , the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. Blackstone. Bouvier.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONFUSION)

• Babel
• Hubbub
• confusion
• clamor
• jargon
• din
• discord
• clang
• Bother
• Fuse
• worry
• pester
• excitement
• stir
• plague
• vex
• annoy
• tease
• vexation
• flurry
• trouble
• Indiscrimination
• Indistinctness
• indistinction
• uncertainty
• doubt
• promiscuousness
• Intricacy
• Complexity
• complication
• entanglement
• perplexity
• Medley
• Jumble
• tumult
• mixture
• hodge-podge
• litter
• diversity
• miscellany

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CONFUSION)

• Decide
• determine
• resolve
• assent
• Soothe
• compose
• quiet
• calm
• mesmerize
• Compose
• allay
• appease
• please
• soothe
• delight
• gratify
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to CONFUSION)

• TEASER
  A jager gull. (more info) 1. One who teases or vexes.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• JUMBLEMENT
  Confused mixture.
• CLAMOROUS
  Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey. -- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness,
• DISCORDABLE
  That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. Halliwell.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• ASSENTER
  One who assents.
• INDISTINCTION
  Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being
• DOUBTFULLY
  In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.
• DISCORD
  Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord. For a discord itself is
• DECIDER
  One who decides.
• DECIDEMENT
  Means of forming a decision. Beau. & Fl.
• COMPOSE
  To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all
• UNCERTAINTY
  1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
• RESOLVENT
  Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
• COMPOSER
  1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His most brilliant and
• PLEASER
  One who pleases or gratifies.
• ENTERTAINER
  One who entertains.
• BORDEAUX MIXTURE
  A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.
• DISQUIETTUDE
  Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• REDOUBTABLE
  Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;
• DISQUIETLY
  In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman.
• UNQUIET
  To disquiet. Ld. Herbert.
• FLITTERMOUSE
  A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
• OVERPESTER
  To pester exceedingly or excessively. Sir W. Raleigh.