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Bewilder

/bɪˈwɪldər/
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(verb) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.

Tom's paintings were so chaotic and abstract that they tended to bewilder viewers.
Dialects of English spoken in one country often bewilder speakers of English from another.
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