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Bewilderment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The condition of being confused or disoriented.

n. A situation of perplexity or confusion; a tangle: a bewilderment of lies and half-truths.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state of being bewildered.

n. A confusing or perplexing situation.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state of being bewildered.

n. A bewildering tangle or confusion.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state of being bewildered.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. confusion resulting from failure to understand

Word Usage

"In response to what he called the "bewilderment" of people watching the child sexual abuse scandal unfold at Penn State, Rep. Kerry Benninghoff said he plans to introduce legislation to make more information about state-related universities available to the public."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

mental confusion muddiness confusedness confusion disarray

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

disbelief dismay perplexity puzzlement exasperation helplessness embarrassment desperation sadness uneasiness