The noun TURKEY has 5 senses: 1. large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food. 2. a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923. 3. a person who does something thoughtless or annoying.
adjective bewildering, complicated, puzzling, misleading, unclear, baffling, muddling, contradictory, ambiguous, inconsistent, perplexing, clear as mud (informal) The statement they issued was highly confusing.
Another word for confusion. confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably. Example:- the army retreated in confusion. confusion - an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended. Example:- the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel. confusion, mix-up - a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another. Example:- he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw. confusedness, confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior.