Definitions

bewilder

[bih-wil-der] / bɪˈwɪl dər /

VERB

confuse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baffle befuddle bemuse confound daze disconcert distract fluster mystify perplex puzzle rattle stump stupefy upset

STRONG

addle floor muddle snow throw

WEAK

ball up mess with one's head mix up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm clarify clear up comfort enlighten explain explicate help soothe

WEAK

orient

Example Sentences

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Bewilder his judgment they might with their glosses upon commandment and observance; but they could not keep his heart from gladness; and, being glad, whom should he praise but God?

From Miracles of Our Lord by MacDonald, George

Do the arts of hell, which on the field Wrought such disastrous ruin, even here Bewilder and befool us?

From Maid of Orleans by Schiller, Friedrich

Bewilder, be-wil′dėr, v.t. to perplex or lead astray.—p.adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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