Crossword clues for bewilder
bewilder
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bewilder \Be*wil"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewildered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewildering.] [Pref. be- + wilder.] To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for lack of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.
Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search.
--Addison.
Syn: To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s, from be- "thoroughly" + archaic wilder "lead astray, lure into the wilds," probably a back-formation of wilderness. An earlier word with the same sense was bewhape (early 14c.). Related: Bewildered; bewildering; bewilderingly.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (label en transitive) To confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things. 2 (label en transitive) To disorientate someone.
WordNet
v. be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
cause to be confused emotionally [syn: bemuse, discombobulate, throw]
Usage examples of "bewilder".
Already a bit bewildered by their flurry of Classical references and Latin maxims, he was lost when Acer and George exchanged a few lines in French, watching out of the corner of their eyes to see if he had understood.
A young officer with a bewildered and pained expression on his face stepped away from the man and looked round inquiringly at the adjutant as he rode by.
When Remy awakes, she is suffering from amnesia, and so at first she is bewildered by the potent attraction she feels toward the strangely familiar man who whisks her from her hospital bed and returns her safely to her home.
Some of the populace, however, appear apathetic and bewildered, and stand in groups asking questions.
It has been my experience, faced with a bewildering perplexity of information, that sleep is an excellent remedy for confusion.
The balance of the frightful herd was now circling rapidly and with bewildering speed about the little knot of victims.
The more I thought of it the more excited I became, until my fingers raced madly back and forth over those bewildering little hills and valleys upon that bit of paper.
As the evening deepened the quaintest noises began on every hand--noises so strange and bewildering that as I cowered down with my teeth chattering, and stared hard into the impenetrable, they could be likened to nothing but the crying of all the souls of dead things since the beginning.
It was an elusive vision--a moment of bewildering darkness, and then, in a flash like daylight, the red masses of the Orphanage near the crest of the hill, the green tops of the pine trees, and this problematical object came out clear and sharp and bright.
There was everywhere a bewildering mass of fruit blossom--apple, plum, pear, cherry.
For a while his mind left the bewildering cascade of events that had occurred since the day Tirilen had led him down the steep road from the Castle to look at the strange tinker on the village green.
How alone in this bewildering, alien place with your terrible knowledge and your deep fears?
At that bewildering and horrifying time, this was what I needed more than anything and I shall never forget he gave it to me.
For after-hours amusement he engaged in bewildering corrosive strife with the woman he supposedly loved.
She turned toward him and he saw a look in her eyes that was bewildering in its complexity: expectable things like sorrow and compassion, and behind that what appeared to be a soft gleam of pure love, and behind thatwhat?