puzzlement
pronunciation
How to pronounce puzzlement in British English:
UK [ˈpʌzlmənt]
How to pronounce puzzlement in American English:
US [ˈpʌzəlmənt]
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- Noun:
- confusion resulting from failure to understand
Word Origin
- puzzlement (n.)
- 1822, from puzzle + -ment.
Example
- 1. Alan greenspan expressed puzzlement that shareholders and managers of banks had not controlled risk more effectively .
- 2. The burgeoning influence of qatar in the arab world arouses admiration , suspicion and puzzlement . But its motives are mainly pragmatic
- 3. It will undoubtedly cause puzzlement and consternation among those who yearn for the false certainties of an earlier era .