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adjective

as in surprised

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verb

past tense of blindside
as in bewildered

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Recent Examples of blindsided
Adjective
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 In fact, the most prepared business owners are often the ones who get blindsided hardest. — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 But one night, Paul asks for a divorce out of nowhere, and Johanna is blindsided. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindsided
  1. surprised
  2. bewildered
  3. startled
  4. disconcerted
  5. stunned
  6. befuddled
  7. dumbstruck
  8. dismayed
Adjective
  • But don’t be surprised if Blackwood finds his edge again this season, either.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Steinberg was not surprised that Donald came out of retirement because so many of his clients wanted to as well.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of surprised
Verb
  • 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
Adjective
  • The startled deputy lets out a scream and races back toward his patrol vehicle.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The feline was then released back into the wild, startled but safe.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of startled
Verb
  • 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
  • Fernández’s adaptation is anxious to turn tragedy into a sermon, offering theatergoers moral solace where Sophocles leaves his audience in a contemplative state of stunned silence.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • What happened next — footage of a stunned DeLonge, Hoppus, and Barker on set watching President Bush’s address after the attacks— aired later that week on MTV News.
    — Sarah Shanfield, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of stunned
Verb
  • Those are decreasing in frequency, and the situation has befuddled the USTA.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Abbas Kiarostami did that in Taste of Cherry, which befuddled certain audiences but then also won the Palme d’Or in 1997.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of befuddled
Adjective
  • And she is just completely dumbstruck by that.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Lyons can be a brilliant agent of chaos, a person whose presence left castmates starstruck before her bluntness left them dumbstruck.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 13 July 2023
Definition of dumbstruck
Verb
  • The book marshalled substantial scientific evidence, and reinforced the intuitions of parents dismayed by their phone-addled children.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • He’d also have been dismayed to see China entangled in bitter trade disputes with the US and Europe.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismayed

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