noun
confusion resulting from failure to understand
• Syn: ↑bewilderment, ↑obfuscation, ↑puzzlement, ↑befuddlement, ↑mystification, ↑bafflement
• Derivationally related forms:
↑bemuse, ↑baffle (for: ↑bafflement), ↑mystify (for: ↑mystification), ↑befuddle (for: ↑befuddlement), ↑puzzle (for: ↑puzzlement), ↑obfuscate (for: ↑obfuscation), ↑bewilder (for: ↑bewilderment)
• Hypernyms: ↑confusion, ↑mental confusion, ↑confusedness, ↑muddiness, ↑disarray
Useful english dictionary. 2012.