confusion
See also: confusión
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French confusion, from Old French confusio, confusionem.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - IPA(key): /kənˈfjuːʒən/
- Rhymes: -uːʒən
Noun
confusion (usually uncountable, plural confusions)
- A lack of clarity or order.
- The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
- (archaic) A state of shame or embarrassment.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Synonyms
- (lack of clarity or order): discombobulation
- (state of being confused): bewilderment, disarray
Antonyms
- (lack of clarity or order): clarity
- (misunderstanding): distinction
Translations
lack of clarity or order
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state of being confused; misunderstanding
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French
Etymology
From Middle French confusion, from Old French confusion, borrowed from Latin confusio, confusionem, from verb confundo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fy.zjɔ̃/
Further reading
- “confusion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French confusion.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin confusio, confusionem.
Noun
confusion f (oblique plural confusions, nominative singular confusion, nominative plural confusions)
- spread (act or instance of spreading)
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