mental confusion

1. 1.

   a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior

   “a confusion of impressions”

   Synonymsconfusionconfusednessmuddinessdisarray

   Broadercognitive state

   Narrowerdisorientationdistractiondazehalf-cockjamais vubewildermentperplexity

Questions about mental confusion

What does mental confusion mean?

mental confusion means "a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior".

What is another word for mental confusion?

Close synonyms include confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mental confusion a common word?

mental confusion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.