Confusion: alternatives and connections

The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.

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The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

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A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.

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The state of being bewildered.

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To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

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An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm.

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To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

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The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being co…

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The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.

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A second growth of grass; aftergrass.

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Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively…

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Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.

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The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify.

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The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.

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The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits.

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The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrass…

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The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

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The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.

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Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

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A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not kn…

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A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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Defect; want; lack; default.

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To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

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To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

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To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

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Mixed; confounded.

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Mixed; confounded.

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To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

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Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

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A state of confusion.

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To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

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The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

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