bewildered
adjective
be·wil·dered
bi-ˈwil-dərd 
bē-
: deeply or utterly confused or perplexed
I was appalled and was too bewildered to do or say anything.—
Bram Stoker
Bram StokerHe looked at her with a bewildered expression.
Speaking for myself, I stumbled into motherhood and was bewildered at the shift of gears, the volte-face required to reorient myself, my values and my way of life into being a carer of small children.—Madeleine Bunting
Madeleine BuntingSynonyms
- addle
- addled
- addlepated
- bedeviled
- befogged
- befuddled
- bemused
- bushed [chiefly Australian]
- confounded
- confused
- dazed
- distracted
- dizzy
- dopey
- dopy
- fogged
- mixed-up
- muddleheaded
- muzzy
- pixilated
- pixillated
- punch-drunk
- punchy
- raddled
- shell-shocked
- silly
- slaphappy
- spaced-out
- spaced
- spacey
- spacy
- stunned
- stupefied
- zonked
- zonked-out
Examples of bewildered in a Sentence
the bewildered child wandered aimlessly around the playground
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There this brilliant but bewildered scientist gets cornered by a plutocrat with impertinent questions.
—Alan Scherstuhl, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Although some informed American observers anticipated the decision, most were caught flat-footed; some seemed downright bewildered.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
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Carlton Reid, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
There this brilliant but bewildered scientist gets cornered by a plutocrat with impertinent questions.
—Alan Scherstuhl, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Lewis Pullman, who stars as the bewildered Bob, is new to the supervillain force.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
Although some informed American observers anticipated the decision, most were caught flat-footed; some seemed downright bewildered.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
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“Bewildered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewildered. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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