bafflement

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: baf=fle=ment

CIDE DICTIONARY

bafflement, n. 

 The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

THESAURUS

bafflement

baffle, balk, balking, betrayed hope, bewilderment, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blow, bother, buffet, check, checkmate, comedown, confounding, confoundment, confusion, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope, defeat, dilemma, disappointment, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, disturbance, embarrassment, enigma, failure, fallen countenance, fiasco, fix, fizzle, foil, foiling, forlorn hope, frustration, hope deferred, jam, letdown, mirage, mystery, nonplus, perplexity, perturbation, pickle, plight, pother, predicament, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, rebuff, repulse, reversal, reverse, riddle, rout, scrape, setback, sore disappointment, stew, tantalization, tease, thwarting, unassuredness, upset