bewildering

[ bih-wil-der-ing ]

adjective

1. extremely confusing:

   a bewildering schedule of events.

Other Words From

• be·wilder·ing·ly adverb
• unbe·wilder·ing adjective
• unbe·wilder·ing·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of bewildering¹

First recorded in 1785–95; bewilder + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The increasing empowerment of workers is frustrating and bewildering for many managers.

From Time

In our new monthly column, Ask a Gear Editor, we’ll answer readers’ most bewildering equipment quandaries.

From Outside Online

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.

From The Daily Beast

The team’s record is a vein of impressive victories streaking through a mass of bewildering, rock-bottom losses.

From Washington Post

So, “scuffling a little bit” is back in force and as always is absolutely beautiful and bewildering in its understatement.

From Washington Post

The new AMC series Turn, which premieres April 6, is bewildering at first.

From The Daily Beast

But purely from a policy perspective, it is a bewildering pattern.

From The Daily Beast

Yet, it is still routine to see a bewildering insistence on defeat.

From The Daily Beast

The events at the United Nations last week represented an historic and quite bewildering reversal of positions.

From The Daily Beast

But as you point out, this can be bewildering for the consumer who is driving all of this.

From The Daily Beast

The attempt failed, and was followed by a rapid succession of miscellaneous thrusts and passes in bewildering variety.

From Project Gutenberg

And now, hosts of bewildering and confused ideas came crowding on his mind.

From Project Gutenberg

The excitement of the day, and this dim light of stars and bewildering mist combined to trick me.

From Project Gutenberg

She wondered if he had met as many people and received as many bewildering impressions as she had done.

From Project Gutenberg

Very cautiously he lowered the mental barrier and the man's thoughts impinged on his mind in bewildering confusion.

From Project Gutenberg

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