Bewildering

//bɪˈwɪldəɹɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.

    "There was a bewildering collection of curiosities filling the room."

Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of bewilder: bewilderment. form-of, gerund

    "Can this be the Bird, to man so good, / Our consecrated Robin! / That, after their bewildering, / Did cover with leaves the little children, / So painfully in the wood?"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bewilder form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bewilder (“to confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like words from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; and forming the present participles of verbs).

Etymology 2

From bewilder (“to confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like words from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; and forming the present participles of verbs).

Etymology 3

From bewilder (“to confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like words from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; and forming the present participles of verbs).

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