adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of bewilder form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.

   "He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face."

Adjective

1. 1
   perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

perplexedabashedabroadadriftafloatagape

Example

More examples

"I had never seen him so completely bewildered as he was on that day."

Related phrases

at loss

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