困こん惑わく

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困惑する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	困こん惑わくする	困こん惑わくしない
Polite	困こん惑わくします	困こん惑わくしません
Past polite	困こん惑わくしました	困こん惑わくしませんでした
Past	困こん惑わくした	困こん惑わくしなかった
Te-form	困こん惑わくして	困こん惑わくしないで
Desire	困こん惑わくしたい	困こん惑わくしたくない
Potential	困こん惑わくできる	困こん惑わくできない
Passive	困こん惑わくされる	困こん惑わくされない
Causative	困こん惑わくさせる	困こん惑わくさせない
Causative passive	困こん惑わくさせられる	困こん惑わくさせられない
Volitional	困こん惑わくしよう
Polite volitional	困こん惑わくしましょう
Imperative	困こん惑わくしろ	困こん惑わくするな
Conditional	困こん惑わくすれば	困こん惑わくしなければ
Tara conditional	困こん惑わくしたら	困こん惑わくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment

A state of mental confusion, uncertainty, or discomfort when faced with a difficult or unexpected situation. Often used with する to mean 'to be bewildered/perplexed/embarrassed'.

彼かれの突とつ然ぜんの質しつ問もんに困こん惑わくした。
I was bewildered by his sudden question.
その知しらせを聞きいて、困こん惑わくの表ひょう情じょうを浮うかべた。
Upon hearing the news, she had a perplexed look on her face.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に困こん惑わくするto be bewildered/perplexed by something
彼かれは突とつ然ぜんの質しつ問もんに困こん惑わくした。
He was bewildered by the sudden question.
困こん惑わくを隠かくすto hide one's bewilderment
彼かの女じょは困こん惑わくを隠かくせなかった。
She couldn't hide her bewilderment.
困こん惑わくの表ひょう情じょうを浮うかべるto show a bewildered expression
彼かれは困こん惑わくの表ひょう情じょうを浮うかべて立たち止どまった。
He stopped, a look of bewilderment on his face.
〈人ひと〉を困こん惑わくさせるto bewilder/embarrass someone
その質しつ問もんは彼かれを困こん惑わくさせた。
That question left him bewildered.

Kanji

困quandary, become distressed, annoyed
惑beguile, delusion, perplexity

Related words· 8

当とう惑わくN1
当惑 describes a sudden, flustered reaction to a specific event, while 困惑 can describe a deeper or more prolonged state of mental confusion.
混こん乱らんN3
混乱 refers to confusion or disorder that can be large-scale (e.g. social chaos), whereas 困惑 is a personal, internal feeling of bewilderment.
狼ろう狽ばい
狼狽 emphasizes visible panic or flustered behavior in a crisis, while 困惑 focuses on the inner state of not knowing how to react.
戸と惑まどい
戸惑い is a lighter, everyday word for feeling puzzled or unsure what to do, while 困惑 carries a stronger sense of discomfort or embarrassment.

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戸と惑まどうN2
困惑する is more formal and suggests a deeper, more prolonged embarrassment or distress, while 戸惑う describes a brief, momentary confusion.
閉へい口こうN1
困惑 is a general, formal word for being perplexed or embarrassed, while 閉口 specifically suggests being rendered speechless or unable to cope.
困こまるN5
困惑する is a more formal, written word for feeling bewildered, whereas 困る is the common everyday verb for being troubled.
困こまり果はてる
困惑する focuses on confusion or embarrassment in a situation, whereas 困り果てる stresses having run out of any way to solve the problem.

Opposites

安あん心しんN4
安心 means feeling at ease and relieved, the emotional opposite of the confused discomfort expressed by 困惑.

Don't confuse with

困こん難なんN3
困難 shares the kanji 困 with 困惑 but means 'difficulty' or 'hardship', not the feeling of bewilderment that 困惑 describes.

Etymology

Compound of 困 (kon, 'to be troubled') and 惑 (waku, 'to be perplexed'). The combination reinforces the idea of being mentally stuck and unsure.