bewilder
verb (used with object)
to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex.
have bewildered
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present perfectof bewilder.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The insults have "bewildered" Chao, a former administration official still close with the former secretary, told Politico, but she previously declined to respond because it just "creates another news cycle."
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2023
It was the latest in a series of unprecedented nearly back-to-back sandstorms this year that have bewildered residents and raised alarm among experts and officials, who blame climate change and poor governmental regulations.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022
At those times I’ve explicitly encouraged her to think about the things she’s saying, which seems to have bewildered her a bit.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2020
The proposed budget cuts have bewildered social scientists and good-government experts.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2011
It may safely be supposed, then, that the board often displayed an arrangement of pieces that would have bewildered Morphy himself.
From The Grandissimes by George Washington Cable
