bewildered
adjective
be·wil·dered
bi-ˈwil-dərd 
bē-
: deeply or utterly confused or perplexed
I was appalled and was too bewildered to do or say anything.—
Bram Stoker
Bram StokerHe looked at her with a bewildered expression.
Speaking for myself, I stumbled into motherhood and was bewildered at the shift of gears, the volte-face required to reorient myself, my values and my way of life into being a carer of small children.—Madeleine Bunting
Madeleine BuntingExamples of bewildered in a Sentence
the bewildered child wandered aimlessly around the playground
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Looking at the Williams in the wrong spot, the crew looked bewildered, while one person signaled Sainz to move on.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Cody Meissner, a pediatric professor at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine who has served on ACIP in the past—arguably the most qualified of Kennedy's new lineup—was bewildered at why the committee was rehashing the issue addressed years ago.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Everybody seems bewildered by this news, his own wife most of all.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Layered in cream, bruised, bewildered, bald.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
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Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Cody Meissner, a pediatric professor at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine who has served on ACIP in the past—arguably the most qualified of Kennedy's new lineup—was bewildered at why the committee was rehashing the issue addressed years ago.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Everybody seems bewildered by this news, his own wife most of all.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Layered in cream, bruised, bewildered, bald.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Bewildered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewildered. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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