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    bafflement
    /ˈbaflm(ə)nt/

    noun

    • 1. a feeling of total bewilderment or perplexity: "most people experience a sense of bafflement about how anyone could carry out such a heinous deed"

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  3. All you need to know about "BAFFLEMENT" in one place: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  4. transitive verb. 1. : to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert. Her behavior baffledher parents. 2. : to check or break the force or flow of by or as if by a baffle (see baffleentry2) bafflethe steam. bafflement. ˈba-fəl-mənt.

  5. Synonyms for BAFFLEMENT: confusion, fog, bewilderment, perplexity, tangle, bemusement, puzzlement, befuddlement; Antonyms of BAFFLEMENT: confidence, conviction, certainty, assurance, certitude, sureness, positiveness.

  6. 1. To confuse or perplex, especially so as to frustrate or prevent from taking action: a patient whose condition baffled the physicians. 2. To impede the force or movement of (a fluid). n. 1. A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light. 2. A partition that prevents interference between sound waves in a loudspeaker.

  7. Definition of bafflement noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. Bafflement Definition. (uncountable) The state or result of being baffled, puzzled, or confused. (countable) Something that causes a state of confusion or puzzlement.

  9. something that balks, checks, or deflects. Building, Sound Reproduction an artificial obstruction for checking or deflecting the flow of gases (as in a boiler), sounds (as in the loudspeaker system of a radio or hi-fi set), light (as in a darkroom), etc.

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