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bewildering
adjective as in astonishing
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adjective as in baffling
adjective as in complex
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- 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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- 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
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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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- 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
This wasn't the ancient amphitheatre of Herodium down the road, but it was a sporting spectacle all the same, twisting and turning, bewildering and perplexing.
“It’s bewildering and dizzying and, I think, disorienting for everyone. People don’t know what’s coming next.”
Just as early youth means the endless fascination of new encounters, it also brings sudden, bewildering losses.
Even for a field often considered dense, this discovery sounds bewildering.
Jilly Cooper knew how to keep her reader hooked, weaving together a bewildering variety of characters and constantly switching the narrative.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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