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BAFFLEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bafflement mean?
• BAFFLEMENT (noun)
The noun BAFFLEMENT has 1 sense:
1. confusion resulting from failure to understand
Familiarity information: BAFFLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Confusion resulting from failure to understand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
bafflement; befuddlement; bemusement; bewilderment; mystification; obfuscation; puzzlement
Hypernyms ("bafflement" is a kind of...):
confusedness; confusion; disarray; mental confusion; muddiness (a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior)
Derivation:
baffle (be a mystery or bewildering to)
Context examples
He was equable, he was to be relied upon, and withal there was a certain bafflement about him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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