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bafflement

noun as in befuddlement

noun as in bemusement

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noun as in bewilderment

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Example Sentences

He is not entirely surprised that brown tree snakes have devised a way to deal with wide trees or baffles.

It might appear senseless but that is appearance only, our bafflement before such barbarity.

This accounts for some of the bafflement that occasionally greets Bachmann's statements.

To say I felt foolish, would inadequately express my sense of utter bafflement.

His voice sounded odd and tired, and there was an ache of bafflement in his young eyes.

A flutter of bafflement showed in her black lashes, but the lips continued to twitch mischievously.

It was fixed first on Mlanie, then on Agatha, then returned to Mlanie with an added increment of rage and bafflement.

Wise was very grave and silent,—he was in a mood which Zizi knew was that of utter bafflement.

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On this page you'll find 160 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bafflement, such as: bewilderment, confusion, discombobulation, fog, obfuscation, and perplexity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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