Meanings
plural bewilderments
- countableuncountableA confusing or perplexing situation.
1 more example
Her flutter--pale disconcerted ghost as she actually was, a broken white flower tied round, almost grotesquely for his present sense, with a huge satin "bow" of the Boulevard--her flutter had been mainly that of ribbons, frills and fine fabrics; all funny, pathetic evidence, for memory, of the bewilderments overtaking them as a bridal pair confronted with opportunity.
1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl, page 99
Synonyms & antonyms
nounconfusion resulting from failure to understand
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan desconcert, perplexitat
- desconcertstate of being bewildered
- perplexitatstate of being bewildered
- confusióstate of being bewildered
Chinese Mandarin 为难, 困惑
- 为难 (wéinán)state of being bewildered
- 困惑 (kùnhuò)state of being bewildered
Czech zmatení, zmatek
- zmatenístate of being bewildered
- zmatekA confusing or perplexing situation
Dutch verbijstering
- verbijsteringstate of being bewildered
Finnish hämmennys, äimistys
- hämmennysstate of being bewildered
- äimistysstate of being bewildered
- sekasortoA confusing or perplexing situation
French ahurissement, confusion
- ahurissementstate of being bewildered
- confusionstate of being bewildered
- perplexitéstate of being bewildered
German Fassungslosigkeit, Verblüfftheit
- Fassungslosigkeitstate of being bewildered
- Verblüfftheitstate of being bewildered
- Verdutztheitstate of being bewildered
- Verdutzungstate of being bewildered
Greek αμηχανία, σύγχυση
- αμηχανία (amichanía)state of being bewildered
- σύγχυση (sýnchysi)state of being bewildered
- παραζάλη (parazáli)A confusing or perplexing situation
Hebrew תימהון
- תימהוןstate of being bewildered
Hindi व्यग्रता, आकुलता
- व्यग्रता (vyagratā)state of being bewildered
- आकुलता (ākultā)state of being bewildered
Irish cíor thuathail
- cíor thuathailA confusing or perplexing situation
Italian confusione, perplessità
- confusionestate of being bewildered
- perplessitàstate of being bewildered
- disorientamentostate of being bewildered
Māori pōauautanga
- pōauautangastate of being bewildered
Polish zdziwienie, oszołomienie
- zdziwieniestate of being bewildered
- oszołomieniestate of being bewildered
- osłupieniestate of being bewildered
- konfuzjastate of being bewildered
- konsternacjastate of being bewildered
- mętlikA confusing or perplexing situation
Romanian uluire, consternare
- uluirestate of being bewildered
- consternarestate of being bewildered
- stupoarestate of being bewildered
Russian недоуме́ние, замеша́тельство
- недоуме́ние (nedouménije)state of being bewildered
- замеша́тельство (zamešátelʹstvo)state of being bewildered
- неразбериха (nerazberixa)A confusing or perplexing situation
- пу́таница (pútanica)A confusing or perplexing situation
Spanish desconcierto, perplejidad
- desconciertostate of being bewildered
- perplejidadstate of being bewildered
Cite this entry
bewilderment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewilderment
“bewilderment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewilderment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bewilderment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewilderment.
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