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Meanings of bafflement in anglès

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ofuscació

Confusion resulting from failure to understand.

ofuscació

A dazed condition.

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Examples for "bewilderment"
Examples for "bewilderment"
1
In recent months, others have viewed my return to Mauretania with bewilderment.
Daughters of the Nile
2
Norine seated herself weakly; she stared in bewilderment at the unhappy speaker.
Rainbow's End
3
This is a time of great bewilderment and anxiety for school leaders.
The Irish Times
4
In the silence of utter bewilderment they went together into the summer-house.
Little Novels
5
The best I had in this bewilderment was trust in the doctor.
Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
1
When her older children came home, she lost her almost neurotic puzzlement.
The new yorker
2
I have walked my floor, deep in thought, in puzzlement, in indecision.
The Agony Column
3
Above the puzzlement of the stranger she heard the chuckling of Lur.
The Gifts of Asti
4
But what troubled her was his expression: it was all open puzzlement.
Orb Sceptre Throne
5
First, his gray eyebrows arched abruptly in surprise, then sank in puzzlement.
The Man on the Box
1
It represents business as usual, mutual mystification- aSino-Americantradition of long standing.
The new yorker
2
But the clerk saw merely the mystification which he desired to create.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
3
Frank exploded at the idea, and added to the mystification by saying,-
Jack and Jill
4
All around her the other children were waking up in bleary-eyed mystification.
The Naked God
5
The young man looked surprised, and he began to suspect another mystification.
Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea
1
The contemporaneous New York Times review could hardly have expressed greater bemusement.
The Irish Times
2
Broderick looks on in wide-eyed bemusement on hearing this read to him.
The Irish Times
3
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The Guardian
4
The look he got from Rhodey was part bemusement and part irritation.
Iron Man
5
If you don't clearly delineate, like myself, you are met with bemusement.
The Guardian
1
Whether or not that obfuscation happened is still up in the air.
Wired
2
That is plenty of time for a bit more obfuscation and bewilderment.
The Guardian
3
Same obfuscation, the difference being the fear she sensed from Ivan Gogol.
Raging Heat
4
A bigger problem with obfuscation is that it doesn't curtail online tracking.
Wired
5
Their answers only lead to obfuscation in an already confused situation.
The Irish Times
1
He was deducted a point, almost defaulted; McEnroe's expression is pure befuddlement.
The Guardian
2
Klingmann had an expression of befuddlement that was about to become suspicion.
The Beast Within
3
Gods knew he did not begrudge her a few days' befuddlement.
The Scar
4
Outrage bleeds into befuddlement: we want to shout something, but what?
The new yorker
5
Locke rapidly cased the public gallery once again while he feigned good-natured befuddlement.
The lies of locke lamora
Usage of bafflement in anglès
1
A rough justice had prevailed, and I felt more bafflement than regret.
Deadly Décisions
2
To his own bafflement Messi scooped the ball past the right-hand post.
The Guardian
3
Sophie looks up from shepherding the giraffes, her brow knotting in bafflement.
The crimson petal and the white
4
Marphissa spread her hands in bafflement, eyes fixed on her own display.
Tarnished Knight
5
To her relief, the others burst out laughing at their friend's bafflement.
The Getting of Wisdom
6
But Gaborn squinted up at the reavers, shook his head in bafflement.
Wizardborn
7
This year's Manglehorn left most critics in a state of bafflement.
The Irish Times
8
Among the population there is widespread bafflement at Ireland's uncharacteristic bout of Euro-scepticism.
The Irish Times
9
Asked about it afterwards, Kilkenny manager Brian Cody expressed bafflement about the decision.
The Irish Times
10
At this, Dorothea's expression softened, through bafflement to a new gentility.
Complete Books of Blood
11
Terror and confusion didn't evaporate, but diminished to fear and bafflement.
Dark rivers of the heart
12
A madness of bafflement and frustrated curiosity gripped and shook me.
The Thing from the Lake
13
With a haughty look of sheer bafflement, Tewanda did just that.
The player
14
When at last he turned his attention to it, his bafflement only increased.
Jitterbug Perfume
15
Moufarrige, who lives in London, expressed bafflement when reached for comment.
Reuters
16
Kuttner forgot to sound officious in his genuine bafflement, and Zachary smiled humorlessly.
In Enemy Hands
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