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 

• BAFFLEMENT (noun)

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)