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Meanings of
puzzlement
in inglés
catalán
ofuscació
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Confusion resulting from failure to understand.
bewilderment
mystification
bemusement
bafflement
obfuscation
befuddlement
catalán
ofuscació
Synonyms
Examples for "
bewilderment
"
bewilderment
mystification
bemusement
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
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
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
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Wes Brown shows his
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
.
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
puzzlement
in inglés
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
.
6
I was so sure, he said, his expression one of complete
puzzlement
.
7
The wop kid's
puzzlement
in the face of this address became pathetic.
8
It looks as if the Dutch people themselves share our aesthetic
puzzlement
.
9
Barbie saw Rusty's
puzzlement
,
and liked him even better for his innocence.
10
She did as I asked, and after a moment's
puzzlement
she smiled.
11
A look of
puzzlement
flitted across it, and on its heels, horror.
12
His forehead of
puzzlement
slowly smoothed out as comprehension took its place.
13
A howl of loss, a howl of anticipation, a howl of
puzzlement
.
14
Rand frowned at the lights in
puzzlement
,
then suddenly gasped with surprise.
15
Manning's
puzzlement
is very revealing, for surely there is no mystery here.
16
They're still there, but one
puzzlement
has only been exchanged for another.
Other examples for "puzzlement"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
puzzlement
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
frown in puzzlement
genuine puzzlement
obvious puzzlement
great puzzlement
deep puzzlement
More collocations
Translations for
puzzlement
catalán
ofuscació
atabalament
embadaliment
esbojarrament
embadocament
Puzzlement
through the time
Puzzlement
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common