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单词 bewildering
释义

bewildering

adjective

be·​wil·​der·​ing bi-ˈwil-d(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce bewildering (audio)
bē-
: extremely confusing or difficult to understand
an utterly bewildering experience
a bewildering number of possibilities
… a place of odd traditions and bewildering practices. David Williamson
bewilderingly adverb
a bewilderingly complex situation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Considering that videos now top out at 10 minutes, that’s a bewildering amount of content and reach. Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2022 Use Sherlock Holmesian deduction to locate the start of Nordic Flower (5.14b) among a bewildering grouping of quickdraws dangling like villi in the duodenum of Scandinavian jotun. Jeff Jackson, Outside Online, 28 July 2022 The strangest, most bewildering performance dominates the film’s grandest set piece, which unfolds in Omnipotence City, the colossal hall of the gods where the boss of them all, Zeus (Russell Crowe), holds forth. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 July 2022 Together, the two floors enact a familiar experience of art: the bewildering feeling of being lost, interspersed with moments of enlightenment and clarity. Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 Our unconcerned gaze at dramatic and disturbing images of tragedies, perceived as infinitely far away from us, is a bewildering matter of fact. Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2022 Only time will tell if the rest of the adaptation falls to the same bewildering anachronisms as the trailer shows. Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 June 2022 The establishment suffered its first of such break-ins last July when thieves shattered the restaurant's glass front door and made away with an iPad, laptop and several cases of lemonade—a lean and bewildering haul for an otherwise brazen burglary. Dan Carson, Chron, 5 May 2022 The degree to which the American press—and, to be sure, segments of the French—insists on casting his victory as a kind of moral defeat, is genuinely bewildering. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined above

bewildering 1 of 2

adjective

as in baffling

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • baffling
  • perplexing
  • confusing
  • puzzling
  • confounding
  • confused
  • frustrating
  • muddled
  • disconcerting
  • disjointed
  • disorganized
  • incoherent
  • bizarre
  • unorganized
  • illogical
  • disorderly
  • unusual
  • disordered
  • irrational
  • inconsistent
  • strange
  • absurd
  • disconnected
  • eccentric
  • ridiculous
  • unconnected
  • unreasonable
  • curious
  • odd
  • choppy
  • weird
  • nonsensical
  • inexplicable
  • outlandish
  • peculiar
  • meaningless
  • foolish
  • fallacious
  • unconvincing
  • outré
  • preposterous
  • invalid
  • asinine
  • silly
  • unsound
  • unexplainable
  • unaccountable
  • screwy
  • nutty
  • senseless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • coherent
  • systematic
  • reasonable
  • logical
  • orderly
  • connected
  • rational
  • compelling
  • sensible
  • sound
  • systematized
  • valid
  • solid
  • plausible
  • convincing
  • organized
  • cogent
  • satisfying
  • persuasive
  • ordered
  • unmistakable
  • clear
  • unambiguous
  • unequivocal
  • lucid
  • transparent
  • perspicuous
  • clear-cut
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bewildering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bewilder
as in puzzling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty the change in policy seems to have bewildered many of our customers

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • baffling
  • puzzling
  • perplexing
  • confusing
  • befuddling
  • mystifying
  • embarrassing
  • disorienting
  • bemusing
  • vexing
  • confounding
  • disturbing
  • discombobulating
  • stunning
  • muddling
  • bamboozling
  • upsetting
  • rattling
  • flustering
  • fuddling
  • unsettling
  • posing
  • flummoxing
  • bothering
  • muddying
  • mazing
  • addling
  • befogging
  • getting
  • graveling
  • disconcerting
  • beating
  • discomfiting
  • foxing
  • distressing
  • dismaying
  • buffaloing
  • blowing one's mind
  • disquieting
  • gravelling
  • mortifying
  • discomforting
  • stumping
  • perturbing
  • going to one's head
  • misleading
  • sticking
  • abashing
  • beguiling
  • agitating
  • unhinging
  • discountenancing
  • nonplussing
  • deceiving
  • weirding out
  • nonplusing
  • discomposing
  • misguiding
  • deluding
  • humbugging
  • gulling
  • fazing
  • hoaxing
  • tricking
  • fooling
  • duping
  • hoodwinking
  • cozening
  • snowing
  • chagrining
  • stringing along
  • taking in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • satisfying
  • assuring
  • reassuring
  • informing
  • enlightening
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