bafflement
pronunciation
How to pronounce bafflement in British English:
UK ['bæflmənt]
How to pronounce bafflement in American English:
US ['bæflmənt]
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- Noun:
- confusion resulting from failure to understand
Word Origin
- bafflement (n.)
- 1841, from baffle (v.) + -ment.
Example
- 1. Alongside the shame , there was a jolting bafflement .
- 2. Curiosity soon turned to bafflement , and then to anger .
- 3. The rest of the world looks on in profound bafflement .
- 4. Some express bafflement over the stringency of the requirements .
- 5. That is a question that investors around the world have often asked in the past three years , with a mixture of bafflement and alarm .