Synonyms for bafflement
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Noun
1. Bewilderment — the result or state of being baffled, confused, or puzzled; a shocked feeling of perplexed bewilderment…
bewilderment, puzzlement, befuddlement, bemusement, frustration, confusion, mystification, defeat, obfuscation formal, baffle, puzzle, disconcertion, perplexity
Definitions
- n. 1
The result or state of being baffled, confused, or puzzled; a shocked feeling of perplexed bewilderment, caused by being utterly unable to understand something or to move on from one's incomprehension.
My bafflement at being caught in this situation made it hard to come up with a way out.
Forms
- Plural
- bafflements → bewilderments, puzzlements, befuddlements, bemusements…
Example sentences
- bewilderment Boldi looked in Martha's direction in bewilderment.
- puzzlement His face betrayed his sheer puzzlement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| bafflement | rising | |
| bewilderment | rising | |
| puzzlement | rising | |
| bemusement | rising | |
| befuddlement | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- defeat2, puzzle2, baffle2
- 7 letters
- foiling2
- 9 letters
- confusion3, thwarting2
- 10 letters
- puzzlement3, perplexity4, bemusement3
- 11 letters
- frustration3, obfuscation4
- 12 letters
- bewilderment4, befuddlement
- 13 letters
- mystification, disconcertion
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (defeat2 = 2 syllables).