part of speech: verb
Sentence from text: The change in policy seems to have bewildered many of our customers.
Definition 1: to cause to lose one's bearings (see BEARING sense 6c) bewildered by the city's maze of roads 2: to perplex or confuse especially by a complexity, variety, or multitude of objects or considerations
Synonyms: addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, buffalo, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex
Antyonyms: assure, reassure, satisfy enlighten, inform
Other forms of word: bewilderedly adverb bewilderedness noun
My sentence: His decision bewildered her. A flash of bewilderment crossed the strangers face.
First known use: 1633
History and Etymology: none