confusion
(noun)
noun
1. disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
- the army retreated in confusion
Definition categories: state, disorder
2. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
- a confusion of impressions
Similar word(s): confusedness, disarray, muddiness
Definition categories: thought
3. a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
Similar word(s): discombobulation
Definition categories: feeling, embarrassment
4. an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
- the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel
Definition categories: act, combination, combining, compounding
5. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
- he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw