BAFFLEMENTS Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word bafflements. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BAFFLEMENTS
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bewilderment | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||||
confusion | nounn | |||||||
noun • disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably • a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior • a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused • an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended • a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | ||||||||
conundrum | nounn | |||||||
noun • a difficult problem | ||||||||
dilemma | nounn | |||||||
noun • state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options | ||||||||
enigma | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained • a difficult problem | ||||||||
mystery | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained • a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie | ||||||||
perplexity | nounn | |||||||
noun • trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | ||||||||
puzzle | nounn | |||||||
noun • a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution • a game that tests your ingenuity verb • be a mystery or bewildering to • be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide | ||||||||
quandary | nounn | |||||||
noun • a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one • state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options | ||||||||
befuddlement | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||||
bemusement | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||||
mystification | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand • something designed to mystify or bewilder • the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered | ||||||||
obfuscation | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand • the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered • darkening or obscuring the sight of something | ||||||||
puzzlement | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand |