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adjectiveextremely confusing: a bewildering schedule of events. Origin of bewilderingFirst recorded in 1785–95; bewilder + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM bewilderingbe·wil·der·ing·ly, adverbun·be·wil·der·ing, adjectiveun·be·wil·der·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby bewilderingBewick's swan, bewigged, wild about, be, bewilder, bewildered, bewildering, bewilderment, bewitch, bewitching, with it, be, worked up, be Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bewilderingThe new AMC series Turn, which premieres April 6, is bewildering at first. ‘Turn,’ AMC’s New Series About America’s First Spy Ring, Is A Visually Arresting Historical Epic|Marlow Stern|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST But purely from a policy perspective, it is a bewildering pattern. Why Does Spain Love Gay Marriage But Hate Abortion?|Emily Shire|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet, it is still routine to see a bewildering insistence on defeat. Defeating the Arab Spring Syndrome of Self-Defeat|Talal Alyan|October 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST But as you point out, this can be bewildering for the consumer who is driving all of this. Ask the Blogger: Can Transparent Health Care Prices Make Me Better Off?|Megan McArdle|October 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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British Dictionary definitions for bewildering
adjectivecausing utter confusion; puzzling Derived forms of bewilderingbewilderingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bewilderingmystify, confound, stump, perplex, rattle, befuddle, puzzle, bemuse, upset, distract, baffle, daze, stupefy, fluster, disconcert, snow, floor, throw, muddle, addle |