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Confusion

noun

Disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably.

A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior. Synonyms: confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness.

A feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused. Synonym: discombobulation.

An act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended.

A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another. Synonym: mix-up.

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"Confusion" Quotes from Famous Books

... far too strong to be openly attacked, but on the night following his arrival in their neighbourhood Wallace broke in upon them in the night. Surprised by this sudden and unexpected attack, the English fell into great confusion. Percy at once ordered the camp to be set on fire. By its light the English were able to see how small was the force of their assailants, and gathering together soon showed so formidable a front that Wallace called off his men, but not before ...

— In Freedom's Cause • G. A. Henty

... his army to battle, and the two armies met on a plain called Takuroku. The Emperor boldly attacked the enemy, but the magician brought down a dense fog upon the battlefield, and while the royal army were wandering about in confusion, trying to find their way, Shiyu retreated with his troops, laughing at having ...

— Japanese Fairy Tales • Yei Theodora Ozaki

... which his few dignified but scathing words would burn themselves unforgettably into the old man's brain. Merton, to himself, had often told Amos these things. Some day he'd say them right out, leaving his victim not only in the utmost confusion but in black despair of ever finding another clerk one half as efficient ...

— Merton of the Movies • Harry Leon Wilson

... eyes and much-bedaubed face, having just, after much labor, succeeded in making Miss Ruey's snuff-box fly open, which he did with such force as to send the contents in a perfect cloud into eyes, nose, and mouth. The scene of struggling and confusion that ensued cannot be described. The washings, and wipings, and sobbings, and exhortings, and the sympathetic sobs of the little Mara, formed a small tempest for the time being that was ...

— The Pearl of Orr's Island - A Story of the Coast of Maine • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... independent enough not to agree to that?- I think so. But there is a confusion there. I could not enter into ...

— Second Shetland Truck System Report • William Guthrie

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