Bemusement - English meaning

noun

Great surprise.

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She looked at him in astonishment

noun

Very great surprise

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To the astonishment of her colleagues, she resigned., she gasped in astonishment.

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A feeling of total bewilderment or perplexity.

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Most people experience a sense of bafflement about how anyone could carry out such a heinous deed

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The condition of being completely unable to understand or explain something

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Several companies expressed bafflement at sudden scrutiny by the government., many people prefer to…

noun

A state of deception or mystification.

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Wave after wave of bamboozlement is in store as these stories unfold

noun

A feeling of being perplexed and confused.

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The three of them looked at him in bewilderment

noun

Confusion

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A state of bewilderment, as he walked through the door, she stared at him in utter bewilderment.

noun

A piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime.

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Police officers are still searching for clues

verb

Inform someone about a particular matter.

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Stella had clued her in about peter

noun

Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.

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There seems to be some confusion about which system does what

noun

A lack of understanding, or a state of disorder

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[ c ] she writes about the confusions of her life., [ u ] in the confusion, i lost my wallet.

noun

The fact of being made to feel confused or uncomfortable by something

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He showed his discombobulation by not being sure whether to sarcastically congratulate his rival or…

noun

The condition of having lost one's sense of direction.

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As we walked on into the night, an air of total disorientation descended

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A feeling of being confused about where you are, where you are going, or what is happening

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Dehydration can cause disorientation, low blood pressure, kidney failure, and ultimately death., th…

noun

Failure to understand something.

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They gave him a look of complete incomprehension

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A person's failure or inability to understand something

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She stared at him in total incomprehension., a look of blank incomprehension

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The state of feeling very confused because someone or something is impossible to understand

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And then, to the audience's mystification, the band suddenly stopped playing.

noun

Inability to deal with or understand something.

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She paused in perplexity

noun

A state of confusion or a complicated and difficult situation or thing

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She stared at the instruction booklet in complete perplexity., the perplexities of life

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A feeling of confusion through lack of understanding.

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News reports expressed puzzlement over the crime

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A state of confusion because you do not understand something

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The state of being stupefied.

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Salesmen stood in bored stupefaction

noun

The condition of being unable to think clearly, usually because someone is extremely tired or bored, or has taken drugs

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Because of the drugs, he was in a state of stupefaction by the time we found him., he was intoxicat…