as in perplexing
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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
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
That car heist unleashed a bewildering series of encounters.
—Todd Miller, Contributor, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
Super Bowl Opening Night is a bewildering sight of grandeur, spectacle and the mundane business of people asking other people questions.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
In a bewildering move, a fan planning to attend the February-March leg of Abrams’ Secret of Us Tour started a petition to replace Jar as the opener.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Sterling is both a blank slate, a character beginning a new phase of his life, and someone who’s facing a bewildering number of options, including sticking around, leaving town or returning to a life of crime.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
That car heist unleashed a bewildering series of encounters.
—Todd Miller, Contributor, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
Super Bowl Opening Night is a bewildering sight of grandeur, spectacle and the mundane business of people asking other people questions.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
In a bewildering move, a fan planning to attend the February-March leg of Abrams’ Secret of Us Tour started a petition to replace Jar as the opener.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewildering
Adjective
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In almost no time Sophie and Laura had managed to untie one knot, only to find a tighter and far more perplexing one at its center.—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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This perplexing synergy triggers everything from mixed signals and missed messages to an overwhelming feeling that something’s just a bit… off.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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One huge factor here is that Wilds did not have a somewhat baffling Switch-only launch like Rise did, accounting for almost all of this huge sales gap.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Even more baffling: Lemons went back to work just three weeks later!—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Researchers are particularly focused on unraveling the puzzling interplay between gas content, magma pressure and lava flow dynamics.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Almost two years into his ordeal, Gould learned of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health that focuses on solving the country’s most puzzling medical cases.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For Embiid, this is another frustrating chapter in an otherwise brilliant but injury-plagued career.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Joe Biden’s administration in 2023 proposed a reworked version of Obama’s rule, but the Biden administration never finalized the rule, frustrating advocates.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Knowledge workers routinely report spending 2.5 hours daily searching for information buried in email threads and disorganized files.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The disorganized event upset attendees and even inspired two documentaries about the chaos: Netflix'sFYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened and Hulu's Fyre Fraud.—
Daniela Avila,
People.com,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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At Vintage Frills, unorganized shelves, racks bursting with thousands of random pieces, and having to browse through mountains of fast fashion clothes bought last year—that, naturally, someone threw away when trends changed—are a thing of the past.—
Grace Butler,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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That, in turn, could help businesses sort through troves of messy unorganized datasets faster and find patterns and data points to help make decisions.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The broadcast then cut to Berry looking slightly confused and wiping her lips, prompting criticism for Brody kissing Berry without consent.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Things seem out of alignment, from confused brand names, dates and products to upsets creating conflict and negativity, impacting customer appeal.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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These speeches then feel didactic in a way Shepard’s script never does, their fourth-wall-breaking execution making the play feel disjointed and self-consciously stagy — which is also a problem with the performances.—
Maya Phillips,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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To be sure, disjointed, weak, or ambivalent cultures may be as problematic as a cult, resulting in a pathological sense of chaos, unpredictability, and anarchic individualism where cooperation and team work become an impossibility.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Bewildering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewildering. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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