"bewildered" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /bəˈwɪldɚd/ [General-American], /bəˈwɪldəd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more bewildered [comparative], most bewildered [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} bewildered (comparative more bewildered, superlative most bewildered)
  1. Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain. Derived forms: bewilderedly Translations (confused): 困惑的 (Chinese Mandarin), verbijsterd (Dutch), ymmällään (Finnish), hämmentynyt (Finnish), pyörällä päästään (Finnish), confusionné (French), déconcerté (French), dérouter (French), apampado (Galician), pampo (Galician), confuso (Galician), fassungslos (German), verblüfft (German), verdutzt (German), व्यग्र (vyagra) (Hindi), confuso (Italian), perplesso (Italian), disorientato (Italian), збу́нет (zbúnet) (Macedonian), ста́писан (stápisan) (Macedonian), pōkīkī (Maori), pōauau (Maori), confuso (Portuguese), desorientado (Portuguese), perplexo (Portuguese), abismado (Portuguese), estupefato (Portuguese), pasmo (Portuguese), atônito (Portuguese), confuz (Romanian), mirat (Romanian), zăpăcit (Romanian), сбитый с толку (sbityj s tolku) (Russian), मुग्ध (mugdha) (Sanskrit), förbryllad (Swedish), lingming (Tagalog), nalingming (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-bewildered-en-adj-U--R8gw2

Verb

IPA: /bəˈwɪldɚd/ [General-American], /bəˈwɪldəd/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bewildered
  1. simple past and past participle of bewilder Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: bewilder
    Sense id: en-bewildered-en-verb-vqkIoqnO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78

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