1
as in fog
a state of mental uncertainty
the farmer's driving directions to the fairground just left us in total confusion
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2
as in havoc
a state in which everything is out of order
it was hard to find anything in that confusion in the attic
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as in embarrassment
the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable
thrown into speechless confusion by the wild accusations
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Recent Examples of confusion
Once again, though, there was confusion.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Any confusion around the viewing process itself should be cleared up by the end of this guide.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Symptoms include severe headaches, high fevers, excessive vomiting, stiff neck and confusion, according to the CDC, and the best way to inoculate yourself against the disease is through vaccination.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
There are also concerns the delay will cause chaos, confusion and stress for Americans, some of whom have already started receiving notices that their premiums will skyrocket next year.
—Ali Swenson, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Any confusion around the viewing process itself should be cleared up by the end of this guide.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Symptoms include severe headaches, high fevers, excessive vomiting, stiff neck and confusion, according to the CDC, and the best way to inoculate yourself against the disease is through vaccination.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
There are also concerns the delay will cause chaos, confusion and stress for Americans, some of whom have already started receiving notices that their premiums will skyrocket next year.
—Ali Swenson, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confusion
Noun
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About 15 miles away, a National Geographic cruise ship carrying around 150 passengers and crew started to move backward, pulled by suddenly shifting currents through an eerie fog.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Patchy dense fog will result in sudden changes in visibility.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Who could possibly top the diary of havoc written in Santa Clara?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
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There, the Brewers’ havoc seemed to start.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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It’s been speculated Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk fired Callahan this week to sidestep the embarrassment of Vrabel schooling his successor Sunday.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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Minnesota has become the laughingstock of America — the embarrassment of our nation.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The winds send stage trusses collapsing in a tangle of steel and spotlights as firefighters race to rescue fans and production crew members trapped.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Oct. 2025
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This bureaucratic tangle is so extreme that many European manufacturers are simply giving up.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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So Nix killed the play, checked into a run, and chaos ensued.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
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What begins as slapstick chaos soon reveals a layered critique of vanity, authority and the pressures of appearances.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Dekoda’s appeal will depend on how much users value real-time health insights over the unease of allowing AI into their most private space.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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Adding to the unease, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned of rising credit risk during the earnings call, citing the recent bankruptcies of Tricolor Holdings, a subprime auto lender, and First Brands, an auto parts manufacturer.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Eagles’ 21-17 Sunday loss to the Denver Broncos contained the perplexity that has in the past provoked fans to picket outside the NovaCare Complex’s gates.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Watch with any attention, and one begins to see his tricks: the squinty perplexity, the restless hands, the worry lines deepened in concentration, then suddenly relaxed.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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“Confusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confusion. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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