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confusion 音標拼音: [kənfj'uʒən] n. 混亂,混淆,無秩序 混亂,混淆,無秩序 confusion n 1: disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; " the army retreated in confusion" 2: a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; " a confusion of impressions" [ synonym: { confusion}, { mental confusion}, { confusedness}, { muddiness}, { disarray}] 3: a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused [ synonym: { confusion}, { discombobulation}] 4: an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; " the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel" 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" [ synonym: { confusion}, { mix- up}] Confusion \ Con* fu" sion\, n. [ F. confusion, L. confusio.] 1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. [ 1913 Webster] The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. -- Whewell. [ 1913 Webster] Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self- possession; perturbation; shame. [ 1913 Webster] Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. -- Spectator. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. [ 1913 Webster] Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. -- Gray. [ 1913 Webster] 4. One who confuses; a confounder. [ Obs.] -- Chapmen. [ 1913 Webster] { Confusion of goods} ( Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. -- Blackstone. -- Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster] 200 Moby Thesaurus words for " confusion": abashment, agitation, aloofness, ambiguity, ambiguousness, amorphia, amorphism, amorphousness, anarchism, anarcho- syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, assortment, ataxia, babel, baffle, bafflement, balk, bashfulness, bedlam, befuddlement, bewilderment, blurriness, bother, botheration, chagrin, chaos, check, checkmate, cloud, clutter, combining, commotion, confounding, confoundment, contradiction, coyness, criminal syndicalism, daze, demureness, demurity, derangement, destruction, devastation, diffusion, dilemma, din, disarrangement, disarray, discombobulation, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, discontinuity, discountenance, discreteness, disjunction, dislocation, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disorientation, dispersal, dispersion, disruption, dissolution, distress, disturbance, dither, embarrassment, enigma, entropy, fabulous formless darkness, fix, flap, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, foil, formlessness, foul- up, frenzy, frustration, fuddle, fuddlement, fuzziness, gallimaufry, hassle, havoc, haze, haziness, huddle, hullabaloo, incoherence, inconsistency, indecisiveness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, intermingling, jam, jumble, lather, license, loss, lynch law, maze, mess, messiness, misrule, mist, mistiness, misunderstanding, mix- up, mixing, mixture, mob law, mob rule, mobocracy, morass, mortification, mousiness, muck, muddle, muddlement, mystery, nihilism, nonadhesion, noncohesion, nonplus, obscurity, ochlocracy, orderlessness, pandemonium, perplexity, perturbation, pickle, plight, pother, predicament, primal chaos, problem, pucker, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, rebellion, rebuff, repulse, reversal, reverse, revolution, riddle, rout, ruffle, ruination, scattering, scrape, screw- up, self- consciousness, separateness, setback, shambles, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shapelessness, shuffle, shyness, skittishness, snafu, snarl, stagefright, stammering, stew, sweat, swivet, syndicalism, timidity, timidness, timorousness, tizzy, tohubohu, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unadherence, unadhesiveness, unassuredness, unclearness, unease, uneasiness, unruliness, unsettlement, untenacity, upset, vagueness |
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