Synonyms and antonyms of Feelings of confusion and distraction in British Thesaurus

confusion (noun)

a feeling that you do not understand something or cannot decide what to do

ambiguity (noun)

a confusing mixture of feelings or ideas that makes something hard to understand

bewilderment (noun)

a feeling of being extremely confused

muddle (noun)

a confused situation or condition

puzzlement (noun)

a feeling of being confused because you cannot understand something

delirium (noun)

medical a confused state caused by illness

perplexity (noun)

a confused feeling that you have because you cannot understand something

fog (noun)

a confused or confusing situation or state

mixed message (noun)

something you say that is confusing because you behave as though you mean something else

culture shock (noun)

the nervous or confused feeling that people sometimes get when they arrive in a place that has a very different culture from their own

abstraction (noun)

formal an emotional or mental state that takes your attention from what is happening around you

have your head in the clouds ()

to be thinking your own thoughts and not concentrating on what is happening around you

preoccupation (noun)

a state in which you think about something so much that you do not think about other things

vexation (noun)

formal the feeling of being annoyed, confused, or worried

vortex (noun)

literary a feeling or situation that has so much power or influence over you that you feel you are not in control