English Dictionary
Definition of “bewildering”
Word Frequency
bewildering (bɪˈwɪldərɪŋ
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Definitions
adjective
- causing utter confusion; puzzling
Derived Forms
beˈwilderingly adverbSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = confusing, surprising, amazing, stunning, puzzling, astonishing, staggering, eye-popping, baffling, astounding, perplexing, mystifying, stupefying
Translations for 'bewildering'
- British English: bewildering A bewildering thing or situation is very confusing and difficult to understand or to make a decision about. ADJECTIVEA glance along his bookshelves reveals a bewildering array of interests.
- Brazilian Portuguese: atordoante
- Chinese: 令人迷惑的
- European Spanish: desconcertante
- French: déroutant déroutante
- German: verwirrend
- Italian: sconcertante
- Japanese: うろたえさせる
- Korean: 당혹스러운
- Portuguese: desconcertante
- Spanish: desconcertante
Example Sentences Including 'bewildering'
CHOOSING a digital camera is made more difficult by the bewildering array of technologies on display at any good retailer.The Australian (2005)
For non-specialists, the range of available drugs, and the claims made about them can be bewildering.British Medical Journal (2002)
It was filled with a bewildering array of gadgets and I tried them out as we rolled along.Doubtful Motives
Mr Golightly experienced a bewildering sense of impotence.MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY (2003)
State of confusion Samuel L Jackson in a kilt is just one of the bewildering twists in gangster film The 51st State.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Survivors of child abuse who become patients appear with a bewildering array of symptoms.Trauma and Recovery
The island was a town, a huge bewildering grid of twenty-foot and forty-foot boxes stacked on top of each other.BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
The number of patterns, prints, shapes and styles is a little bewildering.Sun, News of the World (2004)
To non-Catholics, the ferocity of this internal battle is bewildering.Misc (1999)
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