bewildering
extremely confusing: a bewildering schedule of events.
Origin of bewildering
1Other words from bewildering
- be·wil·der·ing·ly, adverb
- un·be·wil·der·ing, adjective
- un·be·wil·der·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby bewildering
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How to use bewildering in a sentence
The increasing empowerment of workers is frustrating and bewildering for many managers.
The Pandemic Reset the Balance Between Workers and Employers. How Bosses Respond Will Shape the Future of Work | Kevin Delaney | July 22, 2021 | TimeIn our new monthly column, Ask a Gear Editor, we’ll answer readers’ most bewildering equipment quandaries.
My cycle eventually returned on its own, offsetting a need for more aggressive intervention, but that made the rollercoaster of my initial diagnosis even more bewildering.
Why Aren’t More Doctors Talking About the COVID Vaccine and Our Periods? | Robyn Faith Walsh | July 1, 2021 | The Daily BeastThe team’s record is a vein of impressive victories streaking through a mass of bewildering, rock-bottom losses.
Ninja’s ‘Valorant’ experiment is over, but his team marches on | Mikhail Klimentov | May 20, 2021 | Washington PostSo, “scuffling a little bit” is back in force and as always is absolutely beautiful and bewildering in its understatement.
Gene Weingarten: Take me out to the Old. Word. Game. | Gene Weingarten | May 6, 2021 | Washington Post
The new AMC series Turn, which premieres April 6, is bewildering at first.
‘Turn,’ AMC’s New Series About America’s First Spy Ring, Is A Visually Arresting Historical Epic | Marlow Stern | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut purely from a policy perspective, it is a bewildering pattern.
Yet, it is still routine to see a bewildering insistence on defeat.
Defeating the Arab Spring Syndrome of Self-Defeat | Talal Alyan | October 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe events at the United Nations last week represented an historic and quite bewildering reversal of positions.
But as you point out, this can be bewildering for the consumer who is driving all of this.
Ask the Blogger: Can Transparent Health Care Prices Make Me Better Off? | Megan McArdle | October 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe attempt failed, and was followed by a rapid succession of miscellaneous thrusts and passes in bewildering variety.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsAnd now, hosts of bewildering and confused ideas came crowding on his mind.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensThe excitement of the day, and this dim light of stars and bewildering mist combined to trick me.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodShe wondered if he had met as many people and received as many bewildering impressions as she had done.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonVery cautiously he lowered the mental barrier and the man's thoughts impinged on his mind in bewildering confusion.
The Man from Time | Frank Belknap Long
British Dictionary definitions for bewildering
/ (bɪˈwɪldərɪŋ) /
causing utter confusion; puzzling
Derived forms of bewildering
- bewilderingly, adverb
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