BLINDSIDED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in surprised

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verb

past tense of blindside

as in bewildered

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When David flees before the FBI can arrest him, Teagan and her mother, Ella (Jessica Paré), are blindsided, and are forced to leave their affluent Los Angeles community for Ella’s hometown, Eagle’s Cove, a fictional town in Massachusetts. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 Still, Ballas and Higgins agree that there’s no bad blood with any of their costars, including Rausch — who won the season and blindsided Higgins with his reveal as a Traitor in the finale. — Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2026 Rich suggested the backlash stemmed less from Jelly Roll’s beliefs than from fans feeling blindsided by them. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026 The challenge now is not to allow complexity and financial innovation to leave policymakers blindsided. — Joao Gomes, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 Many claimed the decision was unexpected and left several members of the royal family, including King Charles and Prince William, blindsided. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 25 Aug. 2026 Though the reason for Marte’s initial absence remains unknown publicly — the Diamondbacks were so blindsided by it that he was scratched only minutes before Monday’s game — the team seemed eager to move on from the fiasco. — Marc Carig, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Separately, the Club exited its position in Honeywell Aerospace following a horrendous quarter Wednesday that left Jim feeling blindsided. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 The source at Darkroom/Interscope, speaking on the condition of anonymity, says the label was blindsided. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

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In an interview Wednesday with The Sacramento Bee, the bill’s author, Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-San Jose, said he was disappointed by the veto but wasn’t surprised.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The Panthers this time, though, won’t be surprised if they’re rewarded for it.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of surprised

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Dan emerges as Primetime’s unlikely heart, bewildered by the dark world he’s wandered into and left to negotiate his ambitions with the high stakes of the job.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
That’s a common sentiment from a touring superstar, but there’s a sense that Kahan really might be as happily bewildered as the rest of us about how songs this personal and cloudy came to captivate even sunny California.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of bewildered

Verb

One of the first chatbots, Eliza, built at MIT in the mid-1960s, ran a therapy script called DOCTOR that asked users questions about their feelings and experiences—and left its creator disconcerted about his technology’s strong emotional pull.

— Steven Barrie-Anthony, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
Still, the boy was disconcerted during his first sessions in early June, said his mother, Tricia LaBrasca.

— Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

Definition of disconcerted

Adjective

King seemed stunned that an actual Black person had views that did not conform to her preconception of what a Black man should think.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026
So stunned was Sarkisian that the 52-year-old coach completely forgot how to form big-boy words with his mouth.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of stunned

Verb

Among other things, James was dismayed that the Writers Guild of America — which had separately sued to block the deal — hadn’t been brought into the negotiations.

— Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Bigelow said she was dismayed that Toro was not put on administrative leave.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

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