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Meanings of bewildering in English

Causing dismay or horror.

Bewildering.

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Usage of bewildering in English
1
It was a bewildering question, bewildering because its answer was so obvious.
Hornblower and the Crisis
2
And in the bewildering voluptuous brightness and luxury of the room G.J.
The Pretty Lady
3
Chemists also used a bewildering variety of symbols and abbreviations, often self-invented.
A short history of nearly everything
4
Volatile hegemonies have come and gone in the region with bewildering rapidity.
1492 the year our world began
5
That great, bewildering excess, that experience, was what they wanted for Lauren.
Getting in: a novel
6
The problem of security is full of bewildering implications, pitfalls, and myths.
The new yorker
7
It is the most bewildering place I ever saw in my life-
No Name
8
He watched the many features of the bewildering panorama with childish enthusiasm.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
9
With a bewildering suddenness and celerity the plan of the campaign developed.
A Short History of Russia
10
Suddenly his mood changed in the whimsical, bewildering fashion of the man.
The Call of the North
11
It was bewildering-itwas uncanny; for, delusion or verity, the glamour prevailed.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
12
There has been a bewildering alphabet-soup of new initiatives, courses and qualifications.
The Guardian
13
So she looked at him again; and his far-away stare was bewildering.
Sisters
14
But the words soon vanished in a bewildering dance, and he slept.
David Elginbrod
15
Video, audio, images and onstage action are spliced at a bewildering pace.
The Guardian
16
Heaven help him, he was so unutterably happy in the bewildering present.
Mischievous Maid Faynie
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Bewildering through the time
Bewildering across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common