bewilderment
noun
be·wil·der·ment
bi-ˈwil-dər-mənt 
bē-
1
: the quality or state of being lost, perplexed, or confused : the quality or state of being bewildered
She stared at them in bewilderment.
2
: a complicated or confusing state or condition : a bewildering tangle or confusion
a bewilderment of streets
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Examples of bewilderment in a Sentence
the slightest change in her daily routine leaves her in complete bewilderment
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Councilman Jim Waring, whose district the potential arena would be located in, expressed mostly bewilderment Monday.
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The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
But those feelings soon gave way to sadness and bewilderment.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 4 June 2024
As in his innovative Mussolini biopic Vincere (2010), Bellocchio makes Edgardo’s story buckle and unfurl, matching the youth’s psychological bewilderment to our amazement — blazing red intertitles and quasi-documentary interludes shake up our emotional involvement via aesthetic detachment.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 May 2024
Not even the gradual inclusion of name-brand actors like Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and Nicole Kidman could dull the bewilderment (try explaining the plot of 2015’s The Lobster to an unsuspecting bystander), or offer a GPS route through his fragmented, fish-eyed looks at human behavior.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
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The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
But those feelings soon gave way to sadness and bewilderment.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 4 June 2024
As in his innovative Mussolini biopic Vincere (2010), Bellocchio makes Edgardo’s story buckle and unfurl, matching the youth’s psychological bewilderment to our amazement — blazing red intertitles and quasi-documentary interludes shake up our emotional involvement via aesthetic detachment.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 May 2024
Not even the gradual inclusion of name-brand actors like Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and Nicole Kidman could dull the bewilderment (try explaining the plot of 2015’s The Lobster to an unsuspecting bystander), or offer a GPS route through his fragmented, fish-eyed looks at human behavior.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
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“Bewilderment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewilderment. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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