Bewilder

Quick meaning: Bewilder is a verb meaning (transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.

Meaning

(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.

Example Sentences

Don’t push me into that maze and bewilder me.

All the different possible options may bewilder us.

Thou bewilderest my mind by thy ambiguous words. Tell me, therefore, one only thing for certain, by which I may obtain happiness.

[P]ause therefore, now, and solemnly determine that you will never again degrade your being, by bewildering your brain with strong liquor.

Word Forms

• bewilders
• bewildering
• bewildered

Synonyms for bewilder

Depending on context, synonyms include befuddle, addle, baffle, lose, embroil, stick.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include baffle, perplex, nonplus, mystify, bemuse, flummox.

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