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bewildering
adjective as in astonishing
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Weak match
adjective as in baffling
adjective as in complex
Weak matches
- Daedalean
- Gordian
- abstruse
- circuitous
- confused
- crabbed
- cryptic
- discursive
- disordered
- enigmatic
- entangled
- excursive
- hidden
- impenetrable
- inscrutable
- interwoven
- involved
- jumbled
- knotted
- knotty
- labyrinthine
- mazy
- meandering
- mingled
- mixed
- muddled
- paradoxical
- puzzling
- rambling
- recondite
- round-about
- sinuous
- snarled
- tangled
- tortuous
- undecipherable
- unfathomable
adjective as in confusing
adjective as in difficult
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Weak matches
- abstract
- abstruse
- baffling
- confounding
- dark
- deep
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- entangled
- esoteric
- formidable
- hard to explain
- hard to solve
- hidden
- inexplicable
- intricate
- involved
- knotty
- labyrinthine
- loose
- meandering
- mysterious
- mystical
- mystifying
- nice
- obscure
- obstinate
- paradoxical
- perplexing
- problematical
- profound
- puzzling
- rambling
- subtle
- tangled
- thorny
- ticklish
- unclear
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
- vexing
adjective as in dizzying
adjective as in embarrassing
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adjective as in marvelous
Strongest matches
adjective as in misleading
adjective as in over one's head
adjective as in perplexed
adjective as in puzzling
adjective as in vague
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Weak matches
- amorphous
- amphibological
- bleary
- blurred
- cloudy
- dark
- dim
- doubtful
- dreamlike
- enigmatic
- generalized
- ill-defined
- impalpable
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- inexplicable
- loose
- misunderstood
- muddy
- perplexing
- problematic
- puzzling
- questionable
- shadowy
- superficial
- tenebrous
- undetermined
- unexplicit
- unintelligible
- unknown
- unsettled
- unspecified
Example Sentences
He said: "It's bewildering that maps have been drawn up in secret for their communities with almost no discussion with them or with us."
He called the situation "bewildering", adding that it is a common practice for Korean companies to send workers to help set up overseas factories.
Thomson seems fairly relaxed about it but others in the industry I've spoken to say that, given the long delivery times for such equipment, it's bewildering.
"To open the box to find a pair of flipping trainers was just bewildering to me."
"The situation is extremely bewildering," Lee added, while noting it is common practice for Korean firms to send workers to help set up overseas factories.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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