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Webster 1913 Edition


Bewildering

Be-wil′der-ing

,
Adj.
Causing bewilderment or great perplexity;
as,
bewildering
difficulties
.
Be-wil′der-ing-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bewildering

BEWIL'DERING

,
ppr.
Losing in a pathless place; perplexing with confusion or intricacy.

Definition 2024


bewildering

bewildering

English

Adjective

bewildering (comparative more bewildering, superlative most bewildering)

  1. Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.
    There was a bewildering collection of curiosities filling the room.

Translations

Noun

bewildering (plural bewilderings)

  1. bewilderment
    • Herman Melville, Pierre
      Then the bewilderings of the comings and the goings of the coffins at the large and populous house; these bewilderings came over me. What was it to be dead? What is it to be living?

Verb

bewildering

  1. present participle of bewilder