bewildering

CEFRB2

/bɪˈwɪldəɹɪŋ/

verb · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    be a mystery or bewildering to.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    gerund of bewilder: bewilderment.

Examples

  • Tom found the sheer size of the city bewildering at first.

  • I looked at the bewildering sight.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. present participle and gerund of bewilder

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.

More examples

In context

  • There was a bewildering collection of curiosities filling the room.

  • —At once bewildering mists around him close, / And cold and hunger are the least of woes; / The Demon of the Snow, with angry roar / Descending, shuts for aye his prison door.

  • Can this be the Bird, to man so good, / Our consecrated Robin! / That, after their bewildering, / Did cover with leaves the little children, / So painfully in the wood?

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The maze of hallways in the old castle was utterly blank to the first-time visitors.

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Origin

verb

From bewilder (“to confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like words from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; and forming the present participles of verbs).