BEWILDERED Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

bi-ˈwil-dərd

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as in dazed

suffering from mental confusion the bewildered child wandered aimlessly around the playground

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bewildered

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verb

past tense of bewilder

as in puzzled

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty the change in policy seems to have bewildered many of our customers

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There is minimal gore in the death scenes, but the screams and scares still bewildered critics in 1974. —

Edward Frumkin, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024 Her hair was messy, and her face had a sort of creased, bewildered look. —

Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024 Channeling the Peanuts comic strip, Mafalda is an intellectually precious, rebellious tomboy who regularly confronts her rather bewildered parents, questioning traditional social hierarchies and gender roles. —

Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021 The bewildered woman who got the letter on Dec. 6 opened it not realizing it was addressed to someone else, reported WGHP/Fox. —

Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for bewildered

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