as in to perplex
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
the change in policy seems to have bewildered many of our customers
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as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
the change in policy seems to have bewildered many of our customers
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Recent Examples of bewilder
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025
And aren’t our real-life romantic complications bewildering enough?
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
For friends and family, Pachak’s love of home and community makes his sudden vanishing all the more bewildering.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 5 Dec. 2025
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Its ginormous investments in higher-value, tech-heavy sectors from smartphones to autos to semiconductors to biotechnology are disrupting the global landscape at bewildering speed.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Verb
As Friday’s stabbing incident involving NFL alum Mark Sanchez slowly comes into focus, the team at Fox Sports seems to be just as bewildered as the rest of us.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025
And aren’t our real-life romantic complications bewildering enough?
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The John Cena of Carol’s timeline is the same John Cena as our timeline, which makes the other aspects of Carol’s world so much more jarring and bewildering.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
For friends and family, Pachak’s love of home and community makes his sudden vanishing all the more bewildering.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 5 Dec. 2025
Verb
And aren’t our real-life romantic complications bewildering enough?
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Its ginormous investments in higher-value, tech-heavy sectors from smartphones to autos to semiconductors to biotechnology are disrupting the global landscape at bewildering speed.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewilder
Adjective
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The movie is hilarious, fun, disturbing, perplexing, exuberant, exhausting.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The fact no one has picked up this exceptional docu from director David Kittredge is baffling, leading me to think somehow it is cursed, much the same way the original Exorcist was thought to be while in production.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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There are several baffling visual motifs, like Jonah’s insistence on wearing the tightest possible shirt in which to teach high-school English or Miller’s ever-flexing jaw muscle.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While airline miles are easier to earn than ever, using them well—and maximizing their value—can often feel confusing.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Choose decisive steps over a confusing kerfuffle!—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Here are five times what seemed like a harmless toy turned into a puzzling moment online.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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The second flare is even more puzzling.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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What is the most confounding and terrible, however, is Gretchen’s assertion that Slade, the anti-Viagra, doesn’t get involved with the women on his own accord, but only engages because the women always talk about him.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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The offense’s struggles are the most confounding.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But the thinking behind the category itself remains muddled, and the rollout hasn’t helped.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
25 Nov. 2025
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But his box office track record is a bit mixed and muddled.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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For athletes, the C1 solves a frustrating, age-old problem.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
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The reality is that traditional investigative journalism is a frequently boring and frustrating endeavor that takes a lot of time, money, and patience.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Many of the stories sounded similar to his group’s own experience — trips won through raffles, followed by disorganized communication.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Nov. 2025
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My old team was a mess and disorganized.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Bewilder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewilder. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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