Antonyms for bafflement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : baf-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæf əl

Definition of bafflement

Origin : 1841, from baffle (v.) + -ment.

As in bewilderment : noun puzzlement
As in befuddlement : noun daze
As in bemusement : noun confusion
As in bewilderedness : noun daze
As in difficulty : noun mental burden
As in disappointment : noun mental upset; displeasure

Example sentences :

She held out her hand for the bank-note which, with a sense of bafflement, he gave her.
Extract from : « The Place of Honeymoons » by Harold MacGrath

Mike took heart, his experience believed and his bafflement shared.
Extract from : « Mr. Wicker's Window » by Carley Dawson

Dick shook his head in bafflement, and glanced at his watch.
Extract from : « The Little Lady of the Big House » by Jack London

Kirk ran his fingers through his hair in a gesture of bafflement.
Extract from : « Twelve Times Zero » by Howard Carleton Browne

His voice sounded odd and tired, and there was an ache of bafflement in his young eyes.
Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates

With a little sigh of bafflement she took the last tightly rolled bundle of clothing from the suit-case.
Extract from : « The Price » by Francis Lynde

His head swam, and a sickening sense of bafflement and incompetency came over him.
Extract from : « The Treasure of Heaven » by Marie Corelli

A flutter of bafflement showed in her black lashes, but the lips continued to twitch mischievously.
Extract from : « The Heritage of the Hills » by Arthur P. Hankins

It was fixed first on Mlanie, then on Agatha, then returned to Mlanie with an added increment of rage and bafflement.
Extract from : « The Stolen Singer » by Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger

A madness of bafflement and frustrated curiosity gripped and shook me.
Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram

Synonyms for bafflement

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