bafflement

Thân thiện

The child's face showed complete bafflement at the magic trick.

Definition

Noun: A state of being completely confused, puzzled, or unable to understand something. It results from encountering something that is difficult to comprehend or explain.

Usage

"Bafflement" describes the feeling of confusion when faced with a perplexing situation, statement, or problem. It is a formal synonym for bewilderment.

Examples

• The complex instructions caused complete bafflement among the new students.
• She stared at the solved puzzle in bafflement, wondering how the answer was so simple.
• The scientist's strange theory was met with bafflement by his colleagues.

Advanced Usage

• To someone's bafflement: Used to indicate that something causes confusion for a specific person or group.
  • To the teacher's bafflement, the quietest student gave the most eloquent speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Baffle (verb): To confuse or perplex someone.
  • The magician's trick baffled the entire audience.
• Baffled (adjective): Describing someone who is confused.
  • He had a baffled expression on his face.
• Baffling (adjective): Describing something that causes confusion.
  • The disappearance of the documents was a baffling mystery.

Synonyms

• Bewilderment
• Perplexity
• Confusion
• Puzzlement
• Mystification

Antonyms

• Understanding
• Clarity
• Comprehension

Học thuật

Noun

1. confusion resulting from failure to understand

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bewilderment
• obfuscation
• puzzlement
• befuddlement
• mystification
• bemusement