bewilder

Verb

Verb Forms: bewildered, bewildering, bewilders

• To confuse or perplex someone utterly.
• be a mystery or bewildering to
• cause to be confused emotionally
• To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.

Examples

• All the different possible options may bewilder us.
• Don’t push me into that maze and bewilder me.
• The bizarre arrangement of tiles on the Scrabble board would bewilder even the most seasoned player.

Synonyms

amaze, baffle, beat, bemuse, discombobulate, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, throw, vex, baffound, bamboozle, bedevil, befuddle, bewilder, bumfuzzle, complicate, confound, confuddle, confuse, confuzzle, dazzle, disconcert, ferhoodle, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flurry, fluster, fuddle, jumble, knot, lose, mix up