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noun
The state or quality of being confused.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: confusion, mental confusion, muddiness, disarray
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cognitive state, state of mind
Narrower terms: disorientation, distraction, daze, fog, haze, half-cock, jamais vu, bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement, perplexity
History
Etymology tree English confused Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English confusedness From confused + -ness.
