bewilder
/bɪˈwɪldɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.74 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "All the different possible options may bewilder us."
- "Don’t push me into that maze and bewilder me."
- "Thou, Kind Redeemer, toucht to ſee / So ſad a Sight, ſuch moving Miſery, / Didſt ſoon determine to diſpel / Theſe Shades of Death, and Gloom of Hell: / And ſo to reviſit with Thy Heav'nly Light / Loſt Man, bewilder'd in Infernal Night."
- "Such Works, in point of Precepts, are of the Number of thoſe that are call'd ſpecious, in which the Authors, whilſt they endeavour too exactly to explain what they have dogmatically advanc'd, loſe themſelves in imaginary Mazes, and bewilder themſelves more and more."
- "It is that fiend politics, Asem,—that baneful fiend, which bewildereth every brain, and poisons every social feeling; which intrudes itself at the festive banquet, and, like the detestable harpy, pollutes the very viands of the table; [...]"
- "[P]ause therefore, now, and solemnly determine that you will never again degrade your being, by bewildering your brain with strong liquor."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: be
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɪˈwɪldɚ/
- British English: /bɪˈwɪldə(ɹ)/