Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being bewildered.

    She looked around in bewilderment.

    Fassungslosigkeit, Verblüfftheit, Verdutztheit

    недоуме́ниеnedouménije, замеша́тельствоzamešátelʹstvo

  2. (countable, uncountable)A confusing or perplexing situation.

    неразберихаnerazberixa, пу́таницаpútanica

More definitions
  • confusion resulting from failure to understand

Examples

11 sentences
  1. I shrugged my shoulders in bewilderment.

    ruЯ пожал плечами в недоумении.

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  2. Ziri was deep in thought and bewilderment.

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  3. Tom's face clearly showed bewilderment coupled with irritation.

    ruНа лице Тома явно читалось недоумение вкупе с раздражением.

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  4. Trevelyan and I looked at each other in bewilderment.

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  5. "It's a mink," said Tom, causing bewilderment among his friends.

    ru«Это норка», — сказал Том, вызвав недоумение у своих друзей.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
state of being bewildered:
A confusing or perplexing situation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state of being bewildered:

Origin

From bewilder + -ment.

From bewilder + -ment.

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Forms

plural: bewilderments
Singularbewilderment
Pluralbewilderments

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbewilder

See also

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