bewildering
adjective
be·wil·der·ing
bi-ˈwil-d(ə-)riŋ 
bē-
: extremely confusing or difficult to understand
an utterly bewildering experience
a bewildering number of possibilities
… a place of odd traditions and bewildering practices.—
David Williamson
David Williamson
bewilderingly
adverb
a bewilderingly complex situation
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That the novel is imperfect, often bewildering, and sometimes a mess is not the point.
—Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026
The rules and regulations around AI can feel as bewildering as some of the wild hallucinations that large language models spit out.
—John Kell, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
The canon can already be described as a bewildering artistic menagerie, including a perplexing assessment of misandrism, body horror by Brian Yuzna, killer toys from the ’90s, and more.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Soon, online discussion of the album turned extreme in ways that many found bewildering.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2025
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Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026
The rules and regulations around AI can feel as bewildering as some of the wild hallucinations that large language models spit out.
—John Kell, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
The canon can already be described as a bewildering artistic menagerie, including a perplexing assessment of misandrism, body horror by Brian Yuzna, killer toys from the ’90s, and more.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Soon, online discussion of the album turned extreme in ways that many found bewildering.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Bewildering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewildering. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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