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adjective
- 1. perplexed and confused; very puzzled: "he saw the bewildered look on my face"
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The meaning of BEWILDERED is deeply or utterly confused or perplexed. How to use bewildered in a sentence.
adjective. uk / bɪˈwɪl.dəd / us / bɪˈwɪl.dɚd / Add to word list. confused and uncertain: Arriving in a strange city at night, I felt alone and bewildered. I came out of the movie a bit bewildered, but I enjoyed it. See. bewilder. Fewer examples. Everyone seemed utterly bewildered.
Bewildered definition: completely puzzled or confused; perplexed.. See examples of BEWILDERED used in a sentence.
1. : to cause to lose one's bearings (see bearing sense 6c) bewildered by the city's maze of roads. 2. : to perplex or confuse especially by a complexity, variety, or multitude of objects or considerations. His decision bewildered her. utterly bewildered by the instructions. bewilderedly adverb. bewilderedness noun.
Definitions of bewildered. adjective. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment. “ bewildered and confused”. synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up. perplexed. full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment. Pronunciation.
verb [ T ] uk / bɪˈwɪl.də r/ us / bɪˈwɪl.dɚ / Add to word list. to confuse someone: The instructions completely bewildered me. Synonyms. bemuse. flummox informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Puzzle and confuse. addle. baffle. bedazzle. befuddle. bemuse. cloud. discombobulate. disorientate. do someone's head in idiom. flummox. fox.
verb [ T ] us / bɪˈwɪl.dɚ / uk / bɪˈwɪl.də r/ Add to word list. to confuse someone: The instructions completely bewildered me. Synonyms. bemuse. flummox informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Puzzle and confuse. addle. baffle. bedazzle. befuddle. bemuse. cloud. discombobulate. disorient. do someone's head in idiom. flummox. fox.
If you are bewildered, you are very confused and cannot understand something or decide what you should do. Some shoppers looked bewildered by the sheer variety of goods on offer. Synonyms: confused, surprised, stunned, puzzled More Synonyms of bewildered. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Bewilder definition: to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex. See examples of BEWILDER used in a sentence.
be·wil·der. (bĭ-wĭl′dər) tr.v.be·wil·dered, be·wil·der·ing, be·wil·ders. 1. To confuse or befuddle, especially by being complicated or varied. See Synonyms at perplex. 2. To cause to lose one's bearings; disorient: "The whirling snow bewildered him"(May Kellogg Sullivan). be·wil′dered·ly adv.
