单词 | bewilder |
释义 | bewilder (once / 264 pages) v To bewilder is to amaze, baffle, dumbfound, flummox, perplex, or stupefy. When you bewilder people, you confuse them. Bewilder is a fun-sounding word for confusion-causing. A complicated math problem will bewilder many students. A magician's tricks should bewilder the audience. Mystery stories should be a little bewildering, at least until the end. Sometimes, being bewildered has a more emotional element. If someone you know died in a freak accident, that would bewilder you in a very sad way. WORD FAMILYbewilder: bewildered, bewildering, bewilderment, bewilders+/bewildered: bewilderedly/bewildering: bewilderingly/bewilderment: bewilderments USAGE EXAMPLESWhile his stance is one of self-deprecating bewilderment, he is also often genuinely bewildered. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Onuaku debuted the form in Greece, while playing in an international under-19 tournament for Team USA, to snickering, bewildered teammates. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Fiji’s rugby sevens team bewildered everyone and won their country’s very first gold medal. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) 1v cause to be confused emotionally Syn|Hyper bemuse, discombobulate, throw discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset cause to lose one's composure 2v be a mystery or bewildering to Syn|Hypo|Hyper amaze, baffle, beat, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex mix up, stump cause to be perplexed or confounded riddleset a difficult problem or riddle elude, escapebe incomprehensible to; escape understanding by defy, refuse, resistelude, especially in a baffling way bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly |
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