as in dazed
suffering from mental confusion
the bewildered child wandered aimlessly around the playground
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as in puzzled
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
the change in policy seems to have bewildered many of our customers
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Recent Examples of bewildered
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The incident saw the Louvre shuttered Sunday and again Monday morning, with bewildered crowds evacuated from the area just after the assailants had struck.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025
And Freeman felt that, bewildered by the defense after Purdue and incensed by the kicking game against Boston College.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bewildered
Adjective
Small wonder the performers emerged bewildered.
—Verb
In April, the president was among those bewildered by his fall.
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Adjective
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The scramble to get the show launched has left Tierney and Brady a bit dazed.—
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Meanwhile, the Golden Globes has officially added a podcast category, and even though no one quite knows what to make of it, folks seem dazed enough to roll with it nevertheless.—
Verb
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Although puzzled, Aisha answered honestly.—
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Like his wife, Moore was puzzled when their friend didn’t show up to eat dinner.—
Adjective
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Goedert scored his second touchdown on a fourth-and-2 leaving a confused Malik Mustapha behind him in the left flat.—
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Yet many of its citizens feel both whiplashed and confused.—
Verb
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At a vigil for the two on Sunday night, friends and family were baffled by the killing, the Allentown Morning Call reported.—
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Scientists are also baffled by how the planet could have formed at all.—
Adjective
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Farley, who looks stunned, examines it.—
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The woman shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis was a loving mother, a poet and a partner whose family – along with neighbors across her stunned city and strangers far beyond – is shocked by the circumstances surrounding her death.—
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Coaches and talent evaluators, both inside the Raiders’ facility and around the league, have been perplexed by the lack of creativity and production.—
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Country fans were perplexed as to why Johnson, revered for his commitment to traditional country, had gone mostly dark in the studio during that time.—
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In Arizona, our driving laws are influenced by factors like busy freeways in metro Phoenix, monsoon season flooding, outdated transportation modes and distracted driving laws.—
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That the impossible standards we're sold are designed to keep us small, distracted, and spending money on the next fix.—
Adjective
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Living authors of books investigating the day of rest, a small but select sodality, are probably feeling dizzy right now.—
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Signs of dehydration, including dry mouth and throat, infrequent urination and feeling dizzy when standing up.—
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“Bewildered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewildered. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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