"I'm crying," said Anne in a tone of bewilderment. "I can't think why. I'm glad as glad can be."
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Bewilderment
//bɪˈwɪldəɹmənt//
Synonyms for "bewilderment" (74 found)
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Related words (37)
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48 translations across 19 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- confusió noun (state of being bewildered)
- desconcert noun (state of being bewildered)
- perplexitat noun (state of being bewildered)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 为难 noun (state of being bewildered)
- 困惑 noun (state of being bewildered)
Czech
2 entries- zmatek noun (A confusing or perplexing situation)
- zmatení noun (state of being bewildered)
Dutch
1 entries- verbijstering noun (state of being bewildered)
Finnish
3 entries- hämmennys noun (state of being bewildered)
- sekasorto noun (A confusing or perplexing situation)
- äimistys noun (state of being bewildered)
French
3 entries- ahurissement noun (state of being bewildered)
- confusion noun (state of being bewildered)
- perplexité noun (state of being bewildered)
German
4 entries- Fassungslosigkeit noun (state of being bewildered)
- Verblüfftheit noun (state of being bewildered)
- Verdutztheit noun (state of being bewildered)
- Verdutzung noun (state of being bewildered)
Greek
3 entries- αμηχανία noun (state of being bewildered)
- παραζάλη noun (A confusing or perplexing situation)
- σύγχυση noun (state of being bewildered)
Hebrew
1 entries- תימהון noun (state of being bewildered)
Irish
1 entries- cíor thuathail noun (A confusing or perplexing situation)
Italian
3 entries- confusione noun (state of being bewildered)
- disorientamento noun (state of being bewildered)
- perplessità noun (state of being bewildered)
Māori
1 entries- pōauautanga noun (state of being bewildered)
Occitan
4 entries- confusion noun (state of being bewildered)
- desconcertacion noun (state of being bewildered)
- desvari noun (state of being bewildered)
- perplexitat noun (state of being bewildered)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شاشقینلق noun (state of being bewildered)
Polish
4 entries- konfuzja noun (state of being bewildered)
- konsternacja noun (state of being bewildered)
- mętlik noun (A confusing or perplexing situation)
- oszołomienie noun (state of being bewildered)
Romanian
3 entries- consternare noun (state of being bewildered)
- stupoare noun (state of being bewildered)
- uluire noun (state of being bewildered)
Russian
4 entries- замеша́тельство noun (state of being bewildered)
- недоуме́ние noun (state of being bewildered)
- неразбериха noun (A confusing or perplexing situation)
- пу́таница noun (A confusing or perplexing situation)
Sanskrit
1 entries- मोहन noun (state of being bewildered)
Spanish
2 entries- desconcierto noun (state of being bewildered)
- perplejidad noun (state of being bewildered)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
He bounced over the fence without waiting to open the gate, and angrily confronted astonished Anne, who had risen to her feet and stood looking at him in some bewilderment.
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The cries of the foul birds awoke the two sleepers, who stared about them in bewilderment.
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Trevelyan and I looked at each other in bewilderment.
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