CONFUSIONS Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

confusions

noun

plural of confusion

as in tangles

a state of mental uncertainty the farmer's driving directions to the fairground just left us in total confusion

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as in messes

a state in which everything is out of order it was hard to find anything in that confusion in the attic

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as in embarrassments

the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable thrown into speechless confusion by the wild accusations

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Recent Examples of confusions Before the Lost Weekend, John and Yoko had their New York Year — turning their personal confusions into beautifully vivid moments of rage and pain. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025

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Noun

The brain’s surface has ridges and valleys, and CTE tangles are found in the depths of those valleys, called the cortical sulci, and surround blood vessels.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
Brushing controls shedding, removes debris and prevents tangles.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of tangles

Noun

Sitting around a table in the soundstage where the pilot for I Love Lucy was filmed, the six of them tailored the roles to the actors and infused the script with arguments, embarrassments, and confessions from their own relationships.

— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 26 June 2026
The order to whitewash America’s historic sites of anything less than rosy about the nation’s past has led to some predictable embarrassments.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

Definition of embarrassments

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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.

— Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.

— Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of jumbles

Noun

With the enormous distractions and investments in college sports now removed, our institutions of higher learning can focus on their only mission, and that is providing the best, most affordable education on earth for our young people.

— Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
That growth has been accompanied by a series of headline-grabbing distractions for the league under her leadership, especially in the past year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of distractions

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An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
The Avici hell is the lowest and most terrible level of the eight hot hells of Buddhism, where those who’ve committed serious crimes (like parricide) must face constant suffering.

— Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Definition of hells

Noun

Research suggests that having an especially hard time with uncertainty is associated with many anxiety and related disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
In Bologna, the disorders led to the precautionary closure of the railway station.

— Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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