as in perplexing
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as in baffling
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 bewildering
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
For friends and family, Pachak’s love of home and community makes his sudden vanishing all the more bewildering.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 5 Dec. 2025
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Its ginormous investments in higher-value, tech-heavy sectors from smartphones to autos to semiconductors to biotechnology are disrupting the global landscape at bewildering speed.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bewildering
Adjective
The John Cena of Carol’s timeline is the same John Cena as our timeline, which makes the other aspects of Carol’s world so much more jarring and bewildering.
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And aren’t our real-life romantic complications bewildering enough?
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewildering
Adjective
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The movie is hilarious, fun, disturbing, perplexing, exuberant, exhausting.—
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The canon can already be described as a bewildering artistic menagerie, including a perplexing assessment of misandrism, body horror by Brian Yuzna, killer toys from the ’90s, and more.—
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The pilot of a private jet reportedly made an eerie discovery while flying thousands of feet over Rhode Island, marking the latest in unexplained encounters baffling both experts and civilians alike.—
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From financial wipeouts to baffling misreads of beloved source material, some of Hollywood’s most notorious flops began as video games.—
Adjective
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While airline miles are easier to earn than ever, using them well—and maximizing their value—can often feel confusing.—
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Choose decisive steps over a confusing kerfuffle!—
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Some people say puzzling offers more than simple entertainment.—
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But the decision to leave Robertson at home is a puzzling one that has enraged both Stars fans and hockey fans across the country.—
Adjective
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What is the most confounding and terrible, however, is Gretchen’s assertion that Slade, the anti-Viagra, doesn’t get involved with the women on his own accord, but only engages because the women always talk about him.—
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The offense’s struggles are the most confounding.—
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But the thinking behind the category itself remains muddled, and the rollout hasn’t helped.—
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But his box office track record is a bit mixed and muddled.—
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For athletes, the C1 solves a frustrating, age-old problem.—
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The reality is that traditional investigative journalism is a frequently boring and frustrating endeavor that takes a lot of time, money, and patience.—
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Many of the stories sounded similar to his group’s own experience — trips won through raffles, followed by disorganized communication.—
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My old team was a mess and disorganized.—
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“Bewildering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewildering. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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