Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal authority restored.
Source: tatoeba (27596)
Confusion
//kənˈfjuːʒən//
Synonyms for "confusion" (239 found)
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Closest matches (48)
Strong matches (72)
coynesscriminal syndicalismdazedemurenessdemurityderangementdestructiondevastationdiffusiondilemmadindisarrangementdisarraydiscomfiturediscomposuredisconcertdisconcertednessdisconcertiondisconcertmentdiscontinuity
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discountenancediscretenessdisjunctiondislocationdisorderdisorderlinessdisorganizationdisorientationdispersaldispersiondisruptiondissolutiondistractiondistressdisturbanceditherembarrassmentenigmaentropyfabulous formless darknessfixflapflummoxflurryflusterflutterfogfoilformlessnessfoul upfoul-upfrenzyfrustrationfuddlefuddlementfuzzinessgallimaufryhashhasslehavochazehazinesshuddlehullabalooincoherenceinconsistencyindecisiveness
Related words (119)
indefinitenessindeterminatenessinterminglingjamjumblelatherlicenselosslynch lawmaelstrommayhemmazemessinessmisrulemistmistinessmisunderstandingmix-upmixingmixture
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mob lawmob rulemobocracymorassmortificationmousinessmuckmuddlemuddlementmysterynihilismnonadhesionnoncohesionnonplusobscurityochlocracyorderlessnesspandemoniumpatchworkpell-mellperplexityperturbationpickleplightpotherpredicamentprimal chaosproblempuckerpuzzlepuzzlementquandaryquestionrebellionrebuffrepulsereversalreverserevolutionriddleroutruffleruinruinationrumpusscatteringscrapescrew upscrew-upself-consciousnessseparatenesssetbackshamblesshamefacednessshamefastnessshapelessnessshuffleshynessskittishnesssnafusnarlstage frightstagefrightstammeringstewstirsweatswivetsyndicalismtangletimiditytimidnesstimorousnesstizzytohubohutumultturbulenceturmoilunadherenceunadhesivenessunassurednessunclearnessuneaseuneasinessunrulinessunsettlementuntenacityupheavaluproarupsetvagueness
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10 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesat location
5 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses desire
2 entriescreated by
1 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
11 entriesdistinct from
4 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
6 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Translations
120 translations across 47 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- huti noun (lack of clarity or order)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ταραχή noun (lack of clarity or order)
- ταραχή noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- τύρβη noun (lack of clarity or order)
Arabic
4 entries- اِرْتِبَاك noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- اِلْتِبَاس noun (lack of clarity or order)
- حوسة noun (lack of clarity or order)
- خربطة noun (lack of clarity or order)
Armenian
4 entries- շփոթ noun (lack of clarity or order)
- շփոթմունք noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- շփոթություն noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- շփոթվածություն noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Assamese
2 entries- আউল noun (lack of clarity or order)
- খেলিমেলি noun (lack of clarity or order)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бъркоти́я noun (lack of clarity or order)
- неяснота́ noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- объ́ркване noun (lack of clarity or order)
- объ́ркване noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Catalan
2 entries- confusió noun (lack of clarity or order)
- confusió noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 混亂 /混乱 noun (lack of clarity or order)
- 混淆 noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Czech
1 entries- zmatek noun (lack of clarity or order)
Danish
4 entries- forvirrelse noun (lack of clarity or order)
- forvirrelse noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- forvirring noun (lack of clarity or order)
- forvirring noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Dutch
2 entries- verwarring noun (lack of clarity or order)
- war noun (lack of clarity or order)
Esperanto
2 entries- konfuzo noun (lack of clarity or order)
- konfuzo noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Finnish
4 entries- epäselvyys noun (lack of clarity or order)
- hämmennys noun (lack of clarity or order)
- hämmennys noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- sekaannus noun (lack of clarity or order)
French
4 entries- confusion noun (lack of clarity or order)
- confusion noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- désordre noun (lack of clarity or order)
- malentendu noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
German
4 entries- Durcheinander noun (lack of clarity or order)
- Konfusion noun (lack of clarity or order)
- Missverständnis noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- Verwechslung noun (lack of clarity or order)
Greek
4 entries- μπέρδεμα noun (lack of clarity or order)
- παραζάλη noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- σάστισμα noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- σύγχυση noun (lack of clarity or order)
Hebrew
1 entries- בִּלְבּוּל noun (lack of clarity or order)
Hindi
2 entries- गड़बड़ noun (lack of clarity or order)
- भ्रम noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Hungarian
2 entries- zavar noun (lack of clarity or order)
- összevisszaság noun (lack of clarity or order)
Icelandic
4 entries- brengl noun (lack of clarity or order)
- brengl noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- ruglingur noun (lack of clarity or order)
- ruglingur noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Irish
2 entries- cíor thuathail noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- suaitheadh noun (lack of clarity or order)
Italian
4 entries- confusione noun (lack of clarity or order)
- disordine noun (lack of clarity or order)
- disorientamento noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- sbandamento noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Japanese
3 entries- 混乱 noun (lack of clarity or order)
- 混乱 noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- 混同 noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tālâm noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Khmer
1 entries- ល្បែ noun (lack of clarity or order)
Korean
4 entries- 착란 noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- 혼동 noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- 혼란 noun (lack of clarity or order)
- 혼란 noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Ladino
4 entries- dubarina noun (lack of clarity or order)
- embroyo noun (lack of clarity or order)
- enredijo noun (lack of clarity or order)
- mareo noun (lack of clarity or order)
Latin
1 entries- tumultus noun (lack of clarity or order)
Malay
1 entries- kekeliruan noun (lack of clarity or order)
Malayalam
1 entries- ആശയക്കുഴപ്പം noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Māori
4 entries- kaumingomingo noun (lack of clarity or order)
- matangerengere noun (lack of clarity or order)
- matangerengere noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- pōkaikaha noun (lack of clarity or order)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forveksling noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- forveksling noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- شاشقینلق noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- قارش noun (lack of clarity or order)
- قارش noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wirwoa noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Polish
3 entries- chaos noun (lack of clarity or order)
- nieporozumienie noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- zamieszanie noun (lack of clarity or order)
Portuguese
2 entries- confusão noun (lack of clarity or order)
- confusão noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Quechua
2 entries- musphay noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- pantay noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Romanian
2 entries- confuzie noun (lack of clarity or order)
- confuzie noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Russian
4 entries- беспоря́док noun (lack of clarity or order)
- замеша́тельство noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- недоразуме́ние noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- неразбери́ха noun (lack of clarity or order)
Slovak
4 entries- chaos noun (lack of clarity or order)
- nedorozumenie noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- zmätenosť noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
- zmätok noun (lack of clarity or order)
Spanish
1 entries- confusión noun (lack of clarity or order)
Swedish
1 entries- förvirring noun (state of being confused; misunderstanding)
Tamil
1 entries- குழப்பம் noun (lack of clarity or order)
Telugu
1 entries- తడబాటు noun (lack of clarity or order)
Tocharian B
1 entries- traike noun (lack of clarity or order)
Ushojo
1 entries- وار خطئ noun (lack of clarity or order)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
His confusion betrayed his lie.
Source: tatoeba (29453)
It was a terrible confusion; Sue slipped later in the water. They're all mad at you.
Source: tatoeba (34701)
The news created a lot of confusion.
Source: tatoeba (45237)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.