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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of confusing or state of being confused.
The missing road sign caused a lot of confusion for drivers.
- synonyms:
- befuddlement, bewilderment, obfuscation
- antonyms:
- certainty, clarification
- similar words:
- bafflement, bother, fluster, fog, fuddle, jumble, mess, muddle, perplexity, stupefaction, stupor
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| definition 2: |
lack of order; chaos.
In the confusion after the explosion, people could not find their way out and many were injured.- synonyms:
- anarchy, chaos, disorder
- antonyms:
- order
- similar words:
- bedlam, brouhaha, disarray, hubbub, hugger-mugger, melee, moil, muddle, pandemonium, tumult, turmoil, uproar, upset
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| definition 3: |
a sense of imbalance, lack of clarity, or bewilderment.
He stumbled around in confusion.- synonyms:
- bewilderment, daze, disorientation, stupefaction
- similar words:
- bafflement, fluster, fog, haze, imbalance
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| definition 4: |
a state of discomfort combined with embarrassment.
Her seductive glance put him into confusion.- antonyms:
- ease
- similar words:
- chagrin, discomfiture, embarrassment, humiliation, mortification
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| related words: |
anarchy, consternation, dismay, disorder, distraction, mishmash, nonplus, tempest, tumble, wonder, zoo |
adjective + (n.)confusion
apparent,
bureaucratic,
buzzing,
conceptual,
considerable,
continuing,
ensuing,
genuine,
hurt,
ideological,
immense,
initial,
mass,
mental,
momentary,
moral,
patient,
profound,
resulting,
semantic,
sheer,
sudden,
utter,
widespread
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verb + (n.)confusion
add,
alleviate,
attribute,
avoid,
betray,
blink,
cause,
characterize,
clarify,
clear,
compound,
create,
deepen,
dispel,
eliminate,
exacerbate,
experience,
exploit,
frown,
generate,
mill,
minimize,
reel,
sense,
sort,
sow
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(n.)confusion
+ verb
anger, arise, breed, cloud, engender, ensue, exist, fear, intensify, persist, reign, result, scramble, stem, surround
noun + (n.)confusion
anger,
bewilderment,
brow,
chaos,
circle,
clarity,
complication,
darkness,
delay,
disappointment,
disorder,
dizziness,
doubt,
excitement,
fatigue,
fear,
forgetfulness,
gender,
headache,
horror,
identity,
ignorance,
midst,
misunderstanding,
noise,
pain,
rage,
shame,
shock,
sorrow,
source,
tension,
terror,
turmoil
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The word confusion
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
fus, found2
Latin
root
that means pour, melt
Example words:
circumfuse, confound, confuse, confusion, diffuse, diffusive, effusive, found3, foundry, infuse, infusion, interfuse, profuse, profusion, suffuse, transfuse
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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