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bewilderment

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be·wil·der·ment  (b-wldr-mnt)
n.
1. The condition of being confused or disoriented.
2. A situation of perplexity or confusion; a tangle: a bewilderment of lies and half-truths.
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Noun1.bewilderment - confusion resulting from failure to understand
bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement
confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness, confusion - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"


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This explanation will, I trust, relieve those well-regulated minds, who cannot conceive of such literary lawlessness, from the bewilderment which they suffered when the same experiment was tried in a former book.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
He entered the room and shut the door, and for a time stood in bewilderment, admiring the grandeur before him.
The Road to Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
This, at any rate, is certain--his sparkling little gray eyes looked at me in undisguised bewilderment and alarm.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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