'Bafflement' definitions:
Definition of 'bafflement'
(from WordNet)
noun
Confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn: bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement]
Definition of 'Bafflement'
From: GCIDE
- Bafflement \Baf"fle*ment\ (b[a^]f"f'l*ment), n. The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.
Synonyms of 'bafflement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baffle,
- balk,
- balking,
- betrayed hope,
- bewilderment,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- bother,
- buffet,
- check,
- checkmate,
- comedown,
- confounding,
- confoundment,
- confusion,
- cruel disappointment,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- defeat,
- dilemma,
- disappointment,
- discomfiture,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- disillusionment,
- dissatisfaction,
- disturbance,
- embarrassment,
- enigma,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- fiasco,
- fix,
- fizzle,
- foil,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frustration,
- hope deferred,
- jam,
- letdown,
- mirage,
- mystery,
- nonplus,
- perplexity,
- perturbation,
- pickle,
- plight,
- pother,
- predicament,
- problem,
- puzzle,
- puzzlement,
- quandary,
- rebuff,
- repulse,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- riddle,
- rout,
- scrape,
- setback,
- sore disappointment,
- stew,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- thwarting,
- unassuredness,
- upset