noun
Meaning 1
The state of being bewildered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- She looked around in bewilderment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bewilderment
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /bɪˈwɪldəmənt/
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US: /bɪˈwɪldəɹmənt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A confusing or perplexing situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
confusion resulting from failure to understand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray
History
Etymology
From bewilder + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: desconcert — state of being bewildered
- Catalan: perplexitat — state of being bewildered
- Catalan: confusió — state of being bewildered
- Chinese Mandarin: 为难 (wéinán) — state of being bewildered
- Chinese Mandarin: 困惑 (kùnhuò) — state of being bewildered
- Czech: zmatení — state of being bewildered
- Dutch: verbijstering — state of being bewildered
- Finnish: hämmennys — state of being bewildered
- Finnish: äimistys — state of being bewildered
- French: ahurissement — state of being bewildered
- French: confusion — state of being bewildered
- French: perplexité — state of being bewildered
- German: Fassungslosigkeit — state of being bewildered
- German: Verblüfftheit — state of being bewildered
- German: Verdutztheit — state of being bewildered
- German: Verdutzung — state of being bewildered
- Greek: αμηχανία (amichanía) — state of being bewildered
- Greek: σύγχυση (sýnchysi) — state of being bewildered
- Hebrew: תימהון — state of being bewildered
- Italian: confusione — state of being bewildered
- Italian: perplessità — state of being bewildered
- Italian: disorientamento — state of being bewildered
- Māori: pōauautanga — state of being bewildered
- Occitan: confusion — state of being bewildered
- Occitan: perplexitat — state of being bewildered
- Occitan: desconcertacion — state of being bewildered
- Occitan: desvari — state of being bewildered
- Polish: zdziwienie — state of being bewildered
- Polish: oszołomienie — state of being bewildered
- Polish: osłupienie — state of being bewildered
- Polish: konfuzja — state of being bewildered
- Polish: konsternacja — state of being bewildered
- Romanian: uluire — state of being bewildered
- Romanian: consternare — state of being bewildered
- Romanian: stupoare — state of being bewildered
- Russian: недоуме́ние (nedouménije) — state of being bewildered
- Russian: замеша́тельство (zamešátelʹstvo) — state of being bewildered
- Sanskrit: मोहन (mohana) — state of being bewildered
- Spanish: desconcierto — state of being bewildered
- Spanish: perplejidad — state of being bewildered
- Ottoman Turkish: شاشقینلق (şaşkınlık) — state of being bewildered
- Czech: zmatek — A confusing or perplexing situation
- Finnish: sekasorto — A confusing or perplexing situation
- Greek: παραζάλη (parazáli) — A confusing or perplexing situation
- Irish: cíor thuathail — A confusing or perplexing situation
- Polish: mętlik — A confusing or perplexing situation
- Russian: неразбериха (nerazberixa) — A confusing or perplexing situation
- Russian: пу́таница (pútanica) — A confusing or perplexing situation