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Meanings of
bemusement
in English
Catalan
ofuscació
Back to the meaning
Confusion resulting from failure to understand.
bewilderment
puzzlement
mystification
bafflement
obfuscation
befuddlement
Catalan
ofuscació
Synonyms
Examples for "
bewilderment
"
bewilderment
puzzlement
mystification
bafflement
obfuscation
Examples for "
bewilderment
"
1
In recent months, others have viewed my return to Mauretania with
bewilderment
.
2
Norine seated herself weakly; she stared in
bewilderment
at the unhappy speaker.
3
This is a time of great
bewilderment
and anxiety for school leaders.
4
In the silence of utter
bewilderment
they went together into the summer-house.
5
The best I had in this
bewilderment
was trust in the doctor.
1
When her older children came home, she lost her almost neurotic
puzzlement
.
2
I have walked my floor, deep in thought, in
puzzlement
,
in indecision.
3
Above the
puzzlement
of the stranger she heard the chuckling of Lur.
4
But what troubled her was his expression: it was all open
puzzlement
.
5
First, his gray eyebrows arched abruptly in surprise, then sank in
puzzlement
.
1
It represents business as usual, mutual
mystification
-
aSino-Americantradition of long standing.
2
But the clerk saw merely the
mystification
which he desired to create.
3
Frank exploded at the idea, and added to the
mystification
by saying,-
4
All around her the other children were waking up in bleary-eyed
mystification
.
5
The young man looked surprised, and he began to suspect another
mystification
.
1
A rough justice had prevailed, and I felt more
bafflement
than regret.
2
To his own
bafflement
Messi scooped the ball past the right-hand post.
3
Sophie looks up from shepherding the giraffes, her brow knotting in
bafflement
.
4
Marphissa spread her hands in
bafflement
,
eyes fixed on her own display.
5
To her relief, the others burst out laughing at their friend's
bafflement
.
1
Whether or not that
obfuscation
happened is still up in the air.
2
That is plenty of time for a bit more
obfuscation
and bewilderment.
3
Same
obfuscation
,
the difference being the fear she sensed from Ivan Gogol.
4
A bigger problem with
obfuscation
is that it doesn't curtail online tracking.
5
Their answers only lead to
obfuscation
in an already confused situation.
1
He was deducted a point, almost defaulted; McEnroe's expression is pure
befuddlement
.
2
Klingmann had an expression of
befuddlement
that was about to become suspicion.
3
Gods knew he did not begrudge her a few days'
befuddlement
.
4
Outrage bleeds into
befuddlement
:
we want to shout something, but what?
5
Locke rapidly cased the public gallery once again while he feigned good-natured
befuddlement
.
Usage of
bemusement
in English
1
The contemporaneous New York Times review could hardly have expressed greater
bemusement
.
2
Broderick looks on in wide-eyed
bemusement
on hearing this read to him.
3
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bemusement
after being sent off.
4
The look he got from Rhodey was part
bemusement
and part irritation.
5
If you don't clearly delineate, like myself, you are met with
bemusement
.
6
He's captained most teams on which he's played, much to his
bemusement
.
7
Pleased by my
bemusement
,
Yi Kong eagerly showed me her other collections.
8
Mexicans have greeted the domestic beer shortage with more
bemusement
than anger.
9
He touched the blade in some
bemusement
,
then grasped it and pulled.
10
Quinn glanced at the man with a mixture of
bemusement
and trepidation.
11
He looked at her with a curious mix of
bemusement
and grief.
12
Zaphod shook his head in
bemusement
and stumbled forward across the plain.
13
Luka Milivojevic's penalty on 51 minutes further added to the sense of
bemusement
.
14
No wonder the Tartan Army look on with an increasing sense of
bemusement
.
15
Soon afterwards, he became a vocal advocate of her work, to her
bemusement
.
16
The reaction from an African perspective is likely be
bemusement
rather than surprise.
Other examples for "bemusement"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
bemusement
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
little bemusement
express bemusement
more bemusement
same bemusement
startle bemusement
More collocations
Translations for
bemusement
Catalan
ofuscació
atabalament
embadaliment
esbojarrament
embadocament
Bemusement
through the time
Bemusement
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common