bewilderedadj.
1. Lost in pathless places, at a loss for one's way; figurative confused mentally.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective] > having missed the way > lost or having lost direction
wiltc1440
lost1526
wildered1656
bewildered1685
bushed1885
disoriented1957
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective]
bemazed?c1225
madc1300
maskedc1300
marreda1375
astoniedc1386
adasedc1450
astonished1513
moping1566
bewandered1574
dizzy1579
westy1598
night-wildered1652
disconcerted1686
muzzy1723
flustered1743
bewildered1760
flurried1775
muddled1790
thought-bewildered1796
bedazzled1805
muggy1824
mused1842
moony1847
beflustered1864
bemused1880
snarled1881
bedazed1882
bemuddled1883
disoriented1957
disorientated1959
wifty1973
1685 J. Dryden tr. Lucretius ii, in Sylvæ 56 Humane kind, Bewilder'd in the Maze of Life, and blind.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 140 We rambled about for seven hours thus bewildred.
1760 J. Beattie Triumph Melancholy in Orig. Poems & Transl. 35 The bewilder'd soul.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 20 Should each bewildered stranger call To friendly feast, and lighted hall.
1847 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life II. xi. 182 The new generation may grow up with bewildered vision.
2. transferred. Pathless, trackless, mazy; utterly confused or tangled.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or complex > and confused
snarled1571
bewildered1729
1729 M. Browne Pisc. Eclog. vii. (1773) 96 And oft would to bewilder'd shades retire.
1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. iii, in Lamia & Other Poems 191 Wandering in vain about bewildered shores.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 10 A bewildered heap of allegories.
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