a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; " he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"

a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused

an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; " the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"

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

Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

One who confuses; a confounder.

The act of perplexing, embarrassing, etc.; the state of being abashed or embarrassed; perplexity; disorder; tumult.

Disorder: shame: overthrow.

A state of being confused; disorder; shame.

The act of confusing, or the state of being confused; perplexity; distraction; embarrassment; shame.

The state of being confused; disorder; tumult; perturbation; shame; overthrow.

Disorder; indistinctness; astonishment; distraction of mind.

Instantly all was confusion. – An Artist in Crime by Rodrigues Ottolengui

What makes the confusion? – Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner

There was some confusion on the stage. – Jan of the Windmill by Juliana Horatia Ewing

Even in the confusion of the city, he wouldn't get lost. – Mezzerow Loves Company by Floyd L. Wallace

I stood humbly in confusion, and looked at her without saying anything. – Hunger by Knut Hamsun

This accounts for much of the confusion. – A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers

She withdrew her hand abruptly, hiding her confusion by hurried speech. – Warrior of the Dawn by Howard Carleton Browne

She looked about at the confusion. – Love Under Fire by Randall Parrish

My confusion was inevitable. – The Boss of Little Arcady by Harry Leon Wilson

Jean began to feel a certain confusion. – Jean of the Lazy A by B. M. Bower

The confusion- you can't imagine it. – The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett

But there all was confusion. – The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

For the news of the disaster had thrown the whole camp into confusion. – This Country Of Ours by H. E. Marshall Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

They shook hands warmly, Tryphie following suit, and the pretty little face flushed with pleasure and confusion. – Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn

That seemed to Sandy the best way out of his confusion, and he opened it softly and disappeared. – First Fam'lies of the Sierras by Joaquin Miller

Osmond himself seemed like an unknown force as ready to bring confusion as calm. – Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown

Oh, there's confusion and despair in the thought!" – Marriage by Susan Edmonstone Ferrier