Definition of bewilders Bewilders
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What does bewilders mean?
Part of speech
🔤- bewilders, verb, present, 3rd person singular of bewilder (infinitive).
WordNet
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| bewilder - cause to be confused emotionally | ||
| bemuse, discombobulate, throw | ||
| discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!" | ||
| bewilder - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" | ||
| perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | ||
| bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, confuse, throw make stupid with alcohol | ||
| puzzle over try to solve | ||
| figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" | ||
| mix up, stump remove tree stumps from; "stump a field" | ||
| riddle set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle" | ||
| elude, escape escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- bewilder (Verb)
To confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things. - bewilder (Verb)
To disorientate someone.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bewilder (v. t.)
To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bewilder
To overwhelm with surprise or sudden wonder.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bewilder
be-wil′dėr, v.t. to perplex or lead astray.—p.adj. Bewil′dered, lost, confused in mind, trackless.—adj. Bewil′dering.—adv. Bewil′deringly.—n. Bewil′derment, confusion, mental confusion: perplexity. [Pfx. be-, and prov. Eng. wildern, a wilderness.]
Part of speech
🔤- bewilder, verb, present, 1st person singular of bewilder (infinitive).
- bewilder, verb (infinitive).
