bamboozlement

/bæmˈbuzəlmənt/
noun
  1. The state or condition of being tricked, deceived, or confused.
    • The complicated tax forms caused a feeling of total bamboozlement.
    • She looked around in bamboozlement after the magician's trick.
    • His bamboozlement was obvious when he realized he had been scammed.
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