as in confusion
a state of mental uncertainty
the slightest change in her daily routine leaves her in complete bewilderment
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Recent Examples of bewilderment
When that turned into mass annihilation, the most frequent Israeli excuse was the population’s state of shock, trauma, exhaustion and bewilderment, the sensation of being under threat from outsiders and in imminent danger.
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Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Plans were met with questions, reservations, rejection, bewilderment, violence, and, more recently, a yawn.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Ruben Amorim furrowed his brow in complete bewilderment.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
In the sketches, which have racked up millions upon millions of views, Ketai overaccentuates Gadot’s singsongy Israeli accent but also seems to be processing human emotion for the very first time with wide-eyed bewilderment.
—David MacK, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
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Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Plans were met with questions, reservations, rejection, bewilderment, violence, and, more recently, a yawn.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Ruben Amorim furrowed his brow in complete bewilderment.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
In the sketches, which have racked up millions upon millions of views, Ketai overaccentuates Gadot’s singsongy Israeli accent but also seems to be processing human emotion for the very first time with wide-eyed bewilderment.
—David MacK, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewilderment
Noun
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The abrupt departure stunned the crowd, prompting confusion both in the audience and among his bandmates.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
25 Oct. 2025
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Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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About 15 miles away, a National Geographic cruise ship carrying around 150 passengers and crew started to move backward, pulled by suddenly shifting currents through an eerie fog.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Patchy dense fog will result in sudden changes in visibility.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Bewilderment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewilderment. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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