bewildermentn.
/bɪˈwɪldəmənt/ The state or condition of bewildering or being bewildered:
a. Confusion arising from losing one's way; mental confusion from inability to grasp or see one's way through a maze or tangle of impressions or ideas.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun]
mingingOE
riddleOE
cumbermentc1300
willa1325
encumbrancec1330
were1338
perplexitya1393
discomfiturea1425
cumbrancec1460
confuse1483
proplexity1487
perplexion?c1500
amazedness?1520
amazement1553
subversion1558
amaze?1560
perplexednessa1586
confusedness1587
puzzle1599
confusion1600
mizmaze1604
discomfita1616
embarras1627
obfuscation1628
mystery1629
confoundedness1641
puzzledness1662
confuseness1710
puzzlement1731
puzzledom1748
embarrassment1751
puzzleation1767
bepuzzlement1806
conjecture1815
mystification1817
bewilderment1819
perplexment1826
fuddle1827
wilderment1830
discomforture1832
head-scratching1832
baffle1843
posement1850
muddlement1857
turbidity1868
fogging1878
bemuddlement1884
harl1889
befuddlement1905
turbidness1906
wuzziness1942
perplexability1999
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [noun] > confusion, bewilderment
astonishment1594
fluskering1660
amusement1663
fuzz1711
disconcertedness1752
disconcertion1754
disconcertment1759
bedazzlement1806
muzziness1814
bewilderment1819
flurrification1822
bedazement1888
disorientation1902
bemusement1907
1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 86 In the midst of his bewilderment, the man in the cocked hat demanded who he was.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner 13 Thought was arrested by utter bewilderment.
b. A tangled or labyrinthine condition of objects, an inextricable confusion or medley.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [noun]
implicationc1430
implicamentc1450
imployment1598
implicity1602
tangle1615
illigation1656
perplexity1664
entanglement1687
intertwisting1753
intertanglement1817
tanglement1831
ravelment1833
bewilderment1844
intertwist1870
betanglement1881
1844 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 109 The entangled bewilderment of oak and pine, birch and hazel.
1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare xxxi What a bewilderment of light and color met her eyes!
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