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bafflement
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bafflement has 1 sense
- bafflement(n = noun.cognition) befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement - confusion resulting from failure to understand; Array is a kind of confusedness, confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness
Derived form verb baffle1
CIDE DICTIONARY
bafflement, n.
The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.
THESAURUS
bafflement
baffle, balk, balking, betrayed hope, bewilderment, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, bother, buffet, check, checkmate, comedown, confounding, confoundment, confusion, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope, defeat, dilemma, disappointment, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, disturbance, embarrassment, enigma, failure, fallen countenance, fiasco, fix, fizzle, foil, foiling, forlorn hope, frustration, hope deferred, jam, letdown, mirage, mystery, nonplus, perplexity, perturbation, pickle, plight, pother, predicament, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, rebuff, repulse, reversal, reverse, riddle, rout, scrape, setback, sore disappointment, stew, tantalization, tease, thwarting, unassuredness, upset
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