as in confusion
a state of mental uncertainty
the slightest change in her daily routine leaves her in complete bewilderment
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Recent Examples of bewilderment
That excitement turned to bewilderment when the company revealed last month that global soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo would be a playable character, joined days later by Salvatore Ganacci — a Bosnian-Swedish DJ.
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Lindsay Totty, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Beer and bewilderment at the international security conference. MARCH 6, 2025
This article is co-published with The New York Review of Books.
—Caitlin L. Chandler, The Dial, 6 Mar. 2025
Then, to the bewilderment of almost everyone in MLB circles, Elias did not attempt during the recent offseason to trade the O’s surplus of young position players for proven starting pitching.
—Paul Bledsoe, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
Adding to the bewilderment many people felt at the breakneck pace of events, the truce was initially announced not by India or Pakistan but by President Trump on social media.
—Anupreeta Das, New York Times, 10 May 2025
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Lindsay Totty, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Beer and bewilderment at the international security conference. MARCH 6, 2025
This article is co-published with The New York Review of Books.
—Caitlin L. Chandler, The Dial, 6 Mar. 2025
Then, to the bewilderment of almost everyone in MLB circles, Elias did not attempt during the recent offseason to trade the O’s surplus of young position players for proven starting pitching.
—Paul Bledsoe, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
Adding to the bewilderment many people felt at the breakneck pace of events, the truce was initially announced not by India or Pakistan but by President Trump on social media.
—Anupreeta Das, New York Times, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for bewilderment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewilderment
Noun
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That means naming the fear, the confusion and even the shame that might arise.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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That temptation, rich in moral confusion, runs through Leonardland, onscreen as on the page.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Navigating a business through economic uncertainty can feel like driving at night on an unfamiliar road as the fog rolls in.—
Anita Nelson,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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An international team of astronomers now suggests this signal could be used to determine how light from the first stars interacted with this cosmic fog, helping to lift it.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
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