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 bewildering
Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
For Garcia, who once thrived at the gym and took pride in her active routine, the sudden decline was bewildering—simple routines such as weight training and following a balanced diet had become overwhelming.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025
In the footage, the cat meticulously grooms Flan de Queso, while the little dog looks up, somewhat bewildered by the unexpected show of affection.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 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
The writing is bewildering, the rhyme scheme atrocious.
—Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
For Garcia, who once thrived at the gym and took pride in her active routine, the sudden decline was bewildering—simple routines such as weight training and following a balanced diet had become overwhelming.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
Wedged in the far southeastern corner of the bottom of the continent, between South Africa and Mozambique, Eswatini is the last absolute monarchy in Africa, a status that bewilders modernizers and beguiles traditionalists.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025
In the footage, the cat meticulously grooms Flan de Queso, while the little dog looks up, somewhat bewildered by the unexpected show of affection.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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 bewildering
Adjective
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This is especially perplexing when supermassive black holes are seen in a time when the universe was less than 1 billion years old.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries about our solar system and its place in the wider universe.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Fellow Reddit users in the comments section agreed that the situation was baffling.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The baffling Windows 11 update bug that corrupted SSDs now appears to be linked to storage drives running pre-release firmware.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And determining when someone is dead is the critical but confusing question at play.—
Cara Anthony,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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For example, the eye glass space was largely fractured, confusing, and not customer-friendly before Warby Parker entered the scene with exceptional client experience, a focus on customer service and convenience, and a user-friendly product.—
Brandon Aversano,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The preseason play wasn’t encouraging, and Canales’ decision to rest the starters in the exhibition finale looks even more puzzling in hindsight, especially after the offensive group produced three three-and-outs and one touchdown drive.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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One fact of the crime scene grabbed the most attention and remains to this day the most puzzling, tantalizing, and frightening aspect of the discovery of the body.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Tuesday will go down as one of Boston’s most confounding losses of the season, a 4-3 defeat in 11 innings to the Baltimore Orioles in which the club went 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Over the course of a few hours in Washington on Tuesday, the increasingly muddled state of public health unfolded.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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This is an impossible task – partly due to Trump’s own muddled thinking – but most importantly, because Putin does not want peace.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Before last season, his latent talent was obvious, but a frustrating lack of consistency meant the 28-year-old was never — until now — even included in the 30-man shortlist for the award.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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More frustrating still is when the shoe is on the other foot.—
Bruce Tulgan,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Eventually, his bosses ordered him to clean up his disorganized lab, start from scratch, get it together.—
P.E. Moskowitz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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When pyramidal cells are too excitable, memory processing becomes noisy and disorganized.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Sep. 2025
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