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Synonyms for bewilder
bɪˈwɪl dərbe·wil·der

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. bewilder

    Any sense of inferiority abashes, with or without the sense of wrong. The poor are abashed at the splendor of wealth, the ignorant at the learning of the wise. "I might have been abashed by their authority." Gladstone Homeric Synchron., p. 72. [Harper & Bros. '76.] To confuse is to bring into a state of mental bewilderment; to confound is to overwhelm the mental faculties; to daunt is to subject to a certain degree of fear. Embarrass is a strong word, signifying primarily hamper, hinder, impede. A solitary thinker may be confused by some difficulty in a subject, or some mental defect; one is embarrassed in the presence of others, and because of their presence. Confusion is of the intellect, embarrassment of the feelings. A witness may be embarrassed by annoying personalities, so as to become confused in statements. To mortify a person is to bring upon him a painful sense of humiliation, whether because of his own or another's fault or failure. A pupil is confused by a perplexing question, a general confounded by overwhelming defeat. A hostess is discomposed by the tardiness of guests, a speaker disconcerted by a failure of memory. The criminal who is not abashed at detection may be daunted by the officer's weapon. Sudden joy may bewilder, but will not abash. The true worshiper is humbled rather than abashed before God. The parent is mortified by the child's rudeness, the child abashed at the parent's reproof. The embarrassed speaker finds it difficult to proceed. The mob is overawed by the military, the hypocrite shamed by exposure. "A man whom no denial, no scorn could abash." Fielding Amelia bk. iii, ch. 9, p. 300. [Bell & Sons '71.] Compare CHAGRIN; HINDER.

    Synonyms:
    abash, chagrin, confound, confuse, daunt, discompose, disconcert, dishearten, embarrass, humble, humiliate, mortify, overawe, shame

    Antonyms:
    animate, buoy, cheer, embolden, encourage, inspirit, rally, uphold

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bewilder

    Synonyms:
    daze, dazzle, confound, mystify, puzzle, embarrass, astonish, perplex, confuse, mislead

    Antonyms:
    guide, inform, lead, instruct, enlighten, edify

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfoundverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    drum, lay, take, cause, receive, get at, outfox, wash up, foil, start, besot, father, experience, mystify, pound, rile, stun, have, become, sustain, stay, put, scram, regulate, drive, start out, amaze, stimulate, sire, model, devil, cohere, sting, engender, get to, cleave, go, fix, scotch, pay back, annoy, stick, suffer, beat up, beat, set about, trounce, get down, thrum, incur, posture, stick by, draw, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, exhaust, overreach, stick around, set out, agitate, flap, rag, crush, arrest, stick to, develop, outwit, throw, bring, nettle, irritate, mother, set, personate, stir up, lodge, quiver, buzz off, catch, present, scramble, wedge, shake up, make, beget, puzzle, flummox, stand by, thump, cross, get, generate, bind, complicate, nark, find, outsmart, deposit, cling, obtain, vex, worry, pose, adhere, capture, position, aim, induce, ticktack, spoil, perplex, work over, tucker out, raise up, bother, bunk, gravel, begin, disturb, impersonate, fetch, discombobulate, circumvent, let, get under one's skin, frustrate, sit, astound, arrive, tick, produce, pulsate, convey, thwart, bond, acquire, come, bemuse, tucker, commove, pay off, bilk, astonish, ticktock, bugger off, beat out, hold fast, chafe, vanquish, shell, stay put, place, nonplus, commence, baffle

  2. bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throwverb

    cause to be confused emotionally

    Synonyms:
    fuddle, stupefy, confound, baffle, stick, perplex, fox, get, confuse, mystify, flummox, cast off, thrust, beat, have, nonplus, make, switch, dumbfound, throw, cast, flip, give, bemuse, hold, befuddle, amaze, shake off, throw off, gravel, throw away, contrive, drop, hurl, discombobulate, vex, project, puzzle, bedevil, pose, shed

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bewilderverb

    Synonyms:
    perplex, confound, confuse, embarrass, puzzle, stagger, pose, nonplus, mystify, entangle

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bewilderverb

    Synonyms:
    confuse, perplex, nonplus, obfuscate, confound, mystify, embarrass

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Translations for bewilder

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  • حيرArabic
  • озадачавам, обърквам, смущавамBulgarian
  • zmást, dezorientovatCzech
  • durcheinanderbringen, verwirrenGerman
  • ζαλίζω, σαστίζω, μπερδεύωGreek
  • confundir, desconcertarSpanish
  • harhauttaa, eksyttää, hämmentääFinnish
  • dérouter, déconcerter, confondre, désorienter, abasourdirFrench
  • konfuzeskarIdo
  • confondere, sconcertare, disorientareItalian
  • מבולבלHebrew
  • dezorientowaćPolish
  • desorientar, desconcertar, confundirPortuguese
  • a dezorientaRomanian
  • сбивать с толку, смущать, ставить в тупик, приводить в замешательствоRussian
  • zbúniti, smȅsti, dezorijentíratiSerbo-Croatian

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