puzzlement

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

puzzlement
    n 1: confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn:
         {bewilderment}, {obfuscation}, {puzzlement},
         {befuddlement}, {mystification}, {bafflement},
         {bemusement}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Puzzlement \Puz"zle*ment\, n.
   The state of being puzzled; perplexity. --Miss Mitford.
   [1913 Webster]

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