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What does bafflement mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) The state or result of being baffled, puzzled, or confused.
  2. (countable) Something that causes a state of confusion or puzzlement.
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But so far, to the coalition's bafflement, Mulroney had declined to initiate legal action.
The resulting scenes, while ostensibly sober, come into their own with a subtle mixture of bafflement and humour.
There was bafflement this week at the release of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a banned militant group.
Although hopelessly out-classed, there was never a hint that frustration and bafflement would descend into brutality.
The Russians in the room all clambered to their feet and stared at their shoes like submissive muzhiks, while the rest of us looked around at each other in bafflement.
Cut to Donald, his face a picture of bafflement, who clearly hadn't a clue what Nasty Alex was banging on about.

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