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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEWIL'DER, v.t. To lead into perplexity or confusion; to lose in pathless places; to confound for want of a plain road; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex.
Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
2: cause to be confused emotionally [syn: bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-wildered; bewildering) Date: 1684 1. to cause to lose one's bearings 2. to perplex or confuse especially by a complexity, variety, or multitude of objects or considerations Synonyms: see puzzle • bewilderedly adverb • bewilderedness noun • bewilderingly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. utterly perplex or confuse. Derivatives: bewilderedly adv. bewildering adj. bewilderingly adv. bewilderment n. Etymology: BE- + obs. wilder lose one's way

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bewilder Be*wil"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewildered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewildering.] [Pref. be- + wilder.] 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. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bewilders, bewildering, bewildered) If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it. The silence from Alex had hurt and bewildered her. = perplex VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Perplex, confound, confuse, embarrass, puzzle, stagger, pose, nonpluss, mystify, entangle, daze, befog, muddle, bemuddle.

Moby Thesaurus

abash, addle, addle the wits, amaze, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, baffle, ball up, becloud, bedaze, bedazzle, befog, befuddle, bemuse, boggle, bother, bowl down, bowl over, bug, cap, cloud, confound, confuse, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disorganize, disorient, distract, disturb, dumbfound, dumbfounder, embarrass, entangle, flabbergast, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, maze, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, mystify, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, perturb, petrify, pose, pother, put out, puzzle, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, stagger, startle, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stumble, stun, stupefy, surprise, throw into confusion, unsettle, upset