PUZZLEMENT


Meaning of PUZZLEMENT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

see

I saw him look at me across the square and could see his puzzlement .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Angry amazement dwindled into puzzlement of the what-on-earth-are-you-doing-here? variety.

But their eyes met over the plate; and a faint puzzlement flared into the Grand Duchess's.

Her flag of meanings dimmed in puzzlement .

She shook her head in puzzlement .

The wind was strengthening in their faces, and more than one man looked up at the sky in puzzlement .

This women's protest was received with expressions of outrage and puzzlement by men within the dominant political culture.

Three hours later, to our puzzlement , a small fishing boat scurried up in our wake, firing red distress rockets.

To misuse or break the rules of winking is to produce misunderstanding, puzzlement , complaint, or some other social reaction.

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