baffle
verb (used with object)
to confuse, bewilder, or perplex.
bafflement
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a word derived from
baffle.
Example Sentences
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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
Here, inside of a tightly symmetrical structure, Giotto places the followers of Jesus speaking in tongues—flames sprout from their heads—while onlookers, separated by a low wall, view the scene with bafflement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
As they wait to see whether and when the National Guard will arrive, city residents this week reacted with a mixture of rage, bafflement and sorrow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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
