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.—
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bewilderingly
adverb
a bewilderingly complex situation
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Bizarre pivot Trump’s sudden embrace of Jewish students, pitting them against purportedly reckless university leaders, remains bewildering.
—James Druckman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
There’s this bewildering Mansory snowmobile, which looks like a Transformer got stuck halfway through its transfiguration.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
The bewildering story of John Bender, a young Wall Street genius whose dream of life in a mansion sanctuary in the Costa Rican jungle turned sour, is set to launch as a podcast.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Bewildering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewildering. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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