From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbewilderbe‧wil‧der /bɪˈwɪldə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] CONFUSEDto confuse someone He was bewildered by his daughter’s reaction.Grammar Bewilder is usually passive.→ See Verb table
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bewilder• For those unemployed and with a family, the added worry of responsibility for the next generation must be bewildering.• The old general store had gone but the shade thorn tree was still there, bewildered by its surround of concrete pavement.• His doctors were bewildered by the cause of such severe hives.• You could hardly blame them, though, for feeling bewildered from time to time.• But it bewildered him and, in a sense, made him resentful.• The old men, terrified, bewildered, huddled together.• The money that changes hands can take a bewildering variety of forms and flow in various directions.Origin bewilder (1600-1700) wilder “to lead the wrong way, confuse” ((17-19 centuries)), perhaps from wilderness 