English-Thai Dictionary

confusion

N ความ สับสน  obscuring blurring kwam-sab-son

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFUSION

n. 1. In a general sense, a mixture of several things promiscuously; hence, disorder; irregularity; as the confusion of tongues at Babel.
2. Tumult; want of order in society.
The whole city was filled with confusion. Acts 19:29.
God is not the author of confusion. 1 Corinthians 14:33.
3. A blending or confounding; indistinct combination; opposed to distinctness or perspicuity; as a confusion of ideas.
4. Abashment; shame.
O Lord, let me never be put to confusion. Psalm 71:1.
We lie in shame and our confusion covereth us. Jeremiah 3:25.
5. Astonishment; agitation; perturbation; distraction of mind.
Confusion dwelt in every face.
6. Overthrow; defeat; ruin.
The makers of idols shall go to confusion together. Isaiah 45:16.
7. A shameful blending of natures, a shocking crime. Leviticus 18:23; Leviticus 2 :12.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFUSION

CONFUSION Con *fu "sion, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.]

 

1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

 

The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell.

 

Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. Shak.

 

2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

 

Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. Spectator.

 

3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

 

Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. Gray.

 

4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs. ] Chapmen.

 

Confusion of goods (Law ), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. Blackstone. Bouvier.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

confusion

con fu sion |kənˈfyo͞oZHən kənˈfjuʒən | ▶noun 1 lack of understanding; uncertainty: there seems to be some confusion about which system does what | he cleared up the confusion over the party's policy. • a situation of panic; a breakdown of order: the shaken survivors retreated in confusion . • a disorderly jumble: all I can see is a confusion of brown cardboard boxes. 2 the state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something: she looked about her in confusion . • the mistaking of one person or thing for another: there is some confusion between “unlawful ” and “illegal ” | most of the errors are reasonable confusions between similar words or sequences of words. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin confusio (n- ), from the verb confundere ‘mingle together ’ (see confuse ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

confusion

con |fu ¦sion |kənˈfjuːʒ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required: there seems to be some confusion about which system does what | he cleared up the confusion over the party's policy. • a situation of panic or disorder: the guaranteed income bond market was thrown into confusion . • [ in sing. ] a disorderly jumble: all I can see is a confusion of brown cardboard boxes. 2 the state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something: she looked about her in confusion . • the mistaking of one person or thing for another: there is some confusion between ‘unlawful ’ and ‘illegal ’ | [ count noun ] : most of the errors are reasonable confusions between similar words. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin confusio (n- ), from the verb confundere ‘mingle together ’ (see confuse ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

confusion

confusion noun 1 there is confusion about the new system: uncertainty, incertitude, unsureness, doubt, ignorance; formal dubiety. ANTONYMS certainty. 2 she stared in confusion: bewilderment, bafflement, perplexity, puzzlement, mystification, befuddlement; shock, daze, wonder, wonderment, astonishment; informal head-scratching, discombobulation. 3 I could not live in this kind of confusion: disorder, disarray, disorganization, untidiness, chaos, mayhem; turmoil, tumult, disruption, upheaval, uproar, muddle, mess, shambles; informal three-ring circus. ANTONYMS order. 4 a confusion of boxes: jumble, muddle, mess, heap, tangle; informal shambles.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

confusion

confusion noun 1 there seems to be some confusion about which system does what: uncertainty, lack of certainty, unsureness, indecision, hesitation, hesitancy, scepticism, doubt, ignorance; rare dubiety, incertitude. ANTONYMS certainty. 2 she looked about her in confusion: bewilderment, bafflement, perplexity, puzzlement, mystification, stupefaction, disorientation, befuddlement, muddle; discomfiture, discomposure, shock, daze, devastation; wonder, wonderment, astonishment; informal bamboozlement, discombobulation; rare disconcertment, disconcertion. 3 your personal life seems to have been thrown into utter confusion: disorder, disarray, disorganization, disorderliness, untidiness, chaos, mayhem, bedlam, pandemonium, madness, havoc, turmoil, tumult, commotion, disruption, upheaval, furore, frenzy, uproar, babel, hurly-burly, maelstrom, muddle, mess, shambles; a mare's nest, anarchy, entropy; informal hullabaloo, all hell broken loose, a madhouse; N. Amer. informal a three-ring circus; rare disarrangement. ANTONYMS order. 4 a confusion of brown cardboard boxes: jumble, muddle, mess, heap, tangle, entanglement, tumble, welter, litter, shambles.

 

French Dictionary

confusion

confusion n. f. nom féminin Désordre, manque d ’ordre. : Après l ’explosion, la confusion la plus totale régnait.

 

Spanish Dictionary

confusión

confusión nombre femenino 1 Falta de orden o de claridad cuando hay muchas personas o cosas juntas :aprovechando la confusión, los ladrones intentaron huir .2 Error o equivocación causados por entender, utilizar o tomar una cosa por otra :la confusión entre los términos “segmentación ” y “tipología ” es más profunda y merece un tratamiento más amplio .3 Perplejidad, y a menudo desasosiego, que siente una persona al no saber cómo reaccionar ni qué decir o pensar :confusión mental; tras el primer momento de confusión por la nube blanca que provocó la explosión, algunos vecinos bajaron a la calle a ayudar; los puristas son bastante incrédulos y no aceptan estos fenómenos, que suponen ciertos grados de falsificación y siembran dosis de confusión en el conocimiento a escala popular .

 

confusionismo

confusionismo nombre masculino Falta de claridad en una idea o en un discurso, en especial si se produce intencionadamente :la diferenciación de los conceptos en libros en que figuraban con el mismo nombre estaba creando un gran confusionismo .

 

confusionista

confusionista adjetivo 1 Del confusionismo o relacionado con él .2 nombre común Persona que practica el confusionismo .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

confusion

con fu sion /kənfjúːʒ (ə )n /→confuse 名詞 U (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) 1 «…に関する » (頭 心の )混乱, 当惑 , ろうばい , うろたえ «about , over , as to » ▸ create [lead to ] considerable confusion 大きな混乱を生じる [につながる ]▸ They looked at each other in confusion .彼らは当惑して互いを見た 2 «…との /…の間の » 混同 , 取り違え «with /between » ▸ confusion between private and public matters 公私の混同 ▸ To avoid confusion , please put your name down .取り違えないように名前を書いてください .3 混乱 (状態 ), 乱雑 ; 騒動 (↔order )▸ In (all ) the confusion , I lost sight of her .混乱の中で私は彼女を見失った .4 〘心 〙精神錯乱, 意識障害 .