bewildered
adjective
be·wil·dered
bi-ˈwil-dərd 
bē-
: deeply or utterly confused or perplexed
I was appalled and was too bewildered to do or say anything.—
Bram Stoker
Bram StokerHe looked at her with a bewildered expression.
Speaking for myself, I stumbled into motherhood and was bewildered at the shift of gears, the volte-face required to reorient myself, my values and my way of life into being a carer of small children.—Madeleine Bunting
Madeleine BuntingExamples of bewildered in a Sentence
the bewildered child wandered aimlessly around the playground
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More than a year later, the campus remains in a state of bewildered unease.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
But for many bewildered observers, both explanations for Trump’s extraordinary pivot to the Kremlin seem equally misplaced.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 2 Mar. 2025
Hill, whom some will recognize from the CBS procedural Elementary, also admits to feeling a little bewildered by all the changes—especially given the great density of text that his character, Naz, has to contend with, speaking to both the audience and his family.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
Alani, a French journalist, paints a haunting picture of modern Iraq through the eyes of its bewildered children.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
But for many bewildered observers, both explanations for Trump’s extraordinary pivot to the Kremlin seem equally misplaced.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 2 Mar. 2025
Hill, whom some will recognize from the CBS procedural Elementary, also admits to feeling a little bewildered by all the changes—especially given the great density of text that his character, Naz, has to contend with, speaking to both the audience and his family.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
Alani, a French journalist, paints a haunting picture of modern Iraq through the eyes of its bewildered children.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Bewildered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewildered. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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