"Have you any theory about this occurrence to-night?" She watched him eagerly as she asked the question. He made a gesture of bafflement. "None whatever—it's beyond me," he confessed.
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Bafflement
//ˈbaf(ə)lmənt//
Synonyms for "bafflement" (82 found)
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Dutch
1 entries- verbijstering noun (result or state of being baffled)
Finnish
1 entries- hämmennys noun (result or state of being baffled)
Russian
2 entries- замеша́тельство noun (result or state of being baffled)
- недоуме́ние noun (result or state of being baffled)
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The error here is to confuse British composure with the appearance of bafflement, embarrassment and reserve.
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The cartoon characters on the front cover, the irritatingly meaningless track names . . . make it seem like a concept album about global warming for kids. Since the lyrics remain a bafflement, it might well be.
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