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PUZZLEMENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does puzzlement mean?

• PUZZLEMENT (noun)
The noun PUZZLEMENT has 1 sense:

1. confusion resulting from failure to understand

Familiarity information: PUZZLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PUZZLEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Confusion resulting from failure to understand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

bafflement; befuddlement; bemusement; bewilderment; mystification; obfuscation; puzzlement

Hypernyms ("puzzlement" is a kind of...):

confusedness; confusion; disarray; mental confusion; muddiness (a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior)

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