12
bewilderment(noun, confusion, uncertainty, perplexity, complication)
8
befuddlement(noun, confusion, uncertainty, perplexity, bewilderment)
8
puzzlement(noun, confusion, uncertainty, perplexity, bewilderment)
7
quandary(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, confusion)
6
confusion(noun, uncertainty, perplexity, bewilderment, complication)
6
mystification(noun, confusion, uncertainty, perplexity, bewilderment)
5
bemusement(noun, confusion, uncertainty, perplexity, stupor)
5
obfuscation(noun, fog)
5
perplexity(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, confusion)
4
difficulty(noun, worry, anxiety, burden, stress)
4
distraction(noun, confusion, uncertainty, perplexity, bewilderment)
4
frustration(noun, trouble, defeat, worry, blow)
3
astonishment(noun, confusion)
3
jam(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, struggle)
3
problem(noun, complication, multiplicity, complicacy)
2
bother(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety, stress)
2
disturbance
2
entanglement(noun, hindrance, complication, multiplicity, complicacy)
2
obstacle(noun, hindrance, complication, multiplicity, complicacy)
2
balk(disappointment, letdown, disenchantment)
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