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- Word Parts
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| 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 |
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, conclude, conclusion, conduct, confer, conference, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, conform, confuse, confusion, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjunction, connect, consonant, conspiracy, constant, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, convince, convict, conviction, inconceivable, inconspicuous, consequence
fus, found2
Latin
root
that means pour, melt
Example words:
-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:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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