bewildered

[bih-wil-derd]

adjective

1. completely puzzled or confused; perplexed.

Other Word Forms

• bewilderedly adverb
• bewilderedness noun
• unbewildered adjective
• unbewilderedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of bewildered¹

First recorded in 1675–85; bewilder + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Insisting it was "pronounced Bouquet," Hyacinth ran roughshod over her long-suffering husband and bewildered neighbours in Keeping Up Appearances, one of Britain's most successful sitcoms in the 1990s.

Read more on BBC

"We couldn't process it at the time. We walked out of there bewildered."

Read more on BBC

A bewildered Peaches counters that they’re not jumping into freezing water.

Read more on Salon

“The company said they won’t insure me again because because I filed a claim on my house,” he said, bewildered.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

He can’t understand how she could have married; she’s bewildered that he could have expected her to wait indefinitely for a ghost.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• astonished 
• awed 
• baffled 
• befuddled 
• dazed 
• mystified www.thesaurus.com
• perplexed 
• puzzled www.thesaurus.com
• rattled www.thesaurus.com
• shocked www.thesaurus.com
• startled 
• stunned 
• surprised www.thesaurus.com