Puzzlement

Synonyms for "puzzlement" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(7 words)

bewilderment ambiguity bafflement befuddlement bemusement confusion conundrum

admiration amazement awe baffle bother crux

Strong matches (18)

dilemma discomposure disturbance embarrassment fascination fix floorer jam knot marvelmind boggler

Noun(7 words)

doubt enigma flummox flummoxing mystery mystification mystifying

Related words (30)

nonplus perturbation pickle plight poser pother predicament problem puzzle puzzler quandary questionquestion markscrape stew sticker stumper surprisetough propositionupset

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why wonder

Noun(8 words)

nonplus nonpluses nonplusses obfuscation perplexities perplexity riddle uncertainty

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More general

10 entries

challengecognitive stateconfusedness confusion disarrayepistemic statemental confusionmental statemuddiness problem

More specific

9 entries

ambiguity bewilderment conundrum doubt incomprehension mystery mystification riddle uncertainty

Collocations

6 entries

academic puzzlementgreat puzzlementpuzzlement aboutpuzzlement overpuzzlement regardingstate of puzzlement

Inflections

1 entries

puzzlements

Derivations

2 entries

puzzled puzzling

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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He frowned in puzzlement.

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His face betrayed his sheer puzzlement.

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Ziri scratched his head in puzzlement.

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The puzzlement caused by the complex system led to great anger.

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