bafflement


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baf·fle

 (băf′əl)
tr.v. baf·fled, baf·fling, baf·fles
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.

[Perhaps blend of Scottish Gaelic bauchle, to denounce, revile publicly, and French bafouer, to ridicule.]

baf′fle·ment n.
baf′fler n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bafflement - confusion resulting from failure to understandbafflement - confusion resulting from failure to understand
confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness, confusion - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"
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Translations

bafflement

[ˈbæflmənt] Ndesconcierto m, perplejidad f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bafflement

[ˈbæfəlmənt] n (= puzzlement) → perplexité f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bafflement

n (= bewilderment)Verblüffung f, → Verwirrung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bafflement

[ˈbæflmənt] nperplessità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
He was equable, he was to be relied upon, and withal there was a certain bafflement about him.
She noted the fleeting bafflement in his brown eyes.
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THE decision to give a French company the UK passport contract caused anger, consternation and plain bafflement in my home town of Gateshead.
Zoe has since spoken out about the tragedy and decided she was determined to raise awareness about mental health, hoping to help others coping with the overwhelming sadness and bafflement after the suicide of a loved one.
Paddy Power said last night: "Stoke's surprise choice of Paul Lambert as manager has prompted supporter bafflement, widespread online ridicule, and me to go, 'F*** that, that's a shocking decision, we're paying out'.
BRITAIN has been left embarrassed on the world stage and there is international "bafflement" over Brexit, former foreign secretary David Miliband said.
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Some social media users have expressed bafflement over the morbid merchandise, since the tragic character was abused and murdered, leading to an investigation in her serene but darkly enigmatic town.
Yet as revelatory and socially important as some of her past work has been, none of her previous books can compare in complexity, emotional insight, and sheer bafflement to In the Darkroomher haunting, urgent account of the life of her father, Steven Faludi, a teenage survivor of the 1944 Hungarian massacre of Budapest's Jews.