befuddlement
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A state of being confused or dazed is befuddlement. If you suddenly woke up in the year 3025, your befuddlement would be totally understandable.
When someone is utterly bewildered or mixed-up, they're befuddled, and this extreme kind of confusion is befuddlement. If you notice a tourist's befuddlement, it would be friendly to offer directions. If you don't study at all for a math test, complete befuddlement when you see the exam may be inevitable. Befuddlement comes from a now-obsolete verb, fuddle, "to confuse as though with drink."
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confusion resulting from failure to understandsynonyms: bafflement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlementtype of:confusedness, confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddinessa mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
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