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bafflement



NOUN
bemusement
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The bill has been greeted with bafflement and disbelief.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

There was bafflement on the faces of members of the Muslim community who arrived at the mosque bearing flowers on Tuesday.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

Labour ministers, MPs and officials have expressed bafflement at the appearance of two veteran Labour figures.

From BBC May 9, 2026

Eliot got it from the start, but in Woolf’s case bafflement joined forces with snobbery.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Florence smiled inwardly a small, malicious smile, watching his slow bafflement, and panic, and rage; and she looked at her mother again.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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