bafflement
3
7.0
- noun
- /ˈbæflmənt/
:
perplejidad
- The students exchanged glances of bafflement when the teacher presented the puzzling problem.
Examples
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Strand felt dizzy with bafflement and relief.
Fiction book (1997) -
I looked over at Helene, who looked back at me and shook her head in bafflement.
Fiction book (2002) -
When at last he turned his attention to it, his bafflement only increased.
Fiction book (1990) -
And sensing their bafflement, he tried to speak but found he could not.
Fiction book (1990) -
All the bafflement, the fogged-in feeling she had when she was with Billy, had burned away.
Fiction book (1994) -
With bafflement in his grainy voice, the fellow read from a scrap of paper.
Fiction book (1995) -
Entering the house, I was plunged into an atmosphere of bafflement.
Fiction book (2001) -
Laurie could appreciate that kind of urge, considering their grief and bafflement at their son's untimely death.
Fiction book (1999) -
Mrs. G.'s expression of hurt, bafflement, dismay, disgust.
Fiction book (2002) -
I can't imagine why she wants to wear five-inch heels, Meredith thought in bafflement, then leaned back against the sofa, trying to relax.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
12
4.8
A feeling of being very confused and not knowing what to do
9
5.5
A feeling of not understanding something that is hard to explain
4
7.5
Feeling confused because something is hard to understand
4
7.4
A feeling of confusion when something is hard to understand
4
6.9
A feeling of not being able to understand something
3
8.1
Making things confusing so people feel puzzled
1
8.1
A state of being confused and not able to think clearly
Antonyms
How Confused
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bafflement comes from the verb baffle, which may have started as a word for being struck or stopped. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine being hit or blocked, like the verb buffet ('to strike'), so bafflement is the feeling of being stopped and 'confused'.