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/bi wil"deuhr meuhnt/, n.1. bewildered state.2. a confusing maze or tangle, as of objects or conditions: a bewilderment of smoke, noise, and pushing people.[1810-20; BEWILDER + -MENT]
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Bewilderment — Be*wil der*ment, n. 1. The state of being bewildered. [1913 Webster] 2. A bewildering tangle or confusion. [1913 Webster] He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bewilderment — index ambiguity, bombshell, confusion (ambiguity), enigma, ignorance, incertitude, quandary, surprise … Law dictionary
bewilderment — 1820, condition of being bewildered, from BEWILDER (Cf. bewilder) + MENT (Cf. ment); meaning thing or situation which bewilders is from 1844 … Etymology dictionary
bewilderment — [n] puzzlement bafflement, confusion, daze, discombobulation*, disorientation, perplexity, surprise; concept 14 … New thesaurus
bewilderment — [bi wil′dərmənt] n. 1. the fact or condition of being bewildered 2. a confusion; jumble … English World dictionary
bewilderment — be|wil|der|ment [bıˈwıldəmənt US dər ] n [U] a feeling of being very confused = ↑confusion in bewilderment ▪ She looked at him in bewilderment … Dictionary of contemporary English
bewilderment — be|wil|der|ment [ bı wıldərmənt ] noun uncount a feeling of being extremely confused: in bewilderment: He stared at us in complete bewilderment … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bewilderment — [[t]bɪwɪ̱ldə(r)mənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft in N Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered. He shook his head in bewilderment … English dictionary
bewilderment — UK [bɪˈwɪldə(r)mənt] / US [bɪˈwɪldərmənt] noun [uncountable] a feeling of being extremely confused in bewilderment: He stared at us in complete bewilderment … English dictionary
bewilderment — bewilder ► VERB ▪ perplex or confuse. DERIVATIVES bewildering adjective bewilderment noun. ORIGIN from obsolete wilder «lead or go astray» … English terms dictionary
