bewildering
adjective
be·wil·der·ing
bi-ˈwil-d(ə-)riŋ 
bē-
: extremely confusing or difficult to understand
an utterly bewildering experience
a bewildering number of possibilities
… a place of odd traditions and bewildering practices.—
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bewilderingly
adverb
a bewilderingly complex situation
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Things to Come was directed by legendary production designer William Cameron Menzies, who later designed the burning of Atlanta in Gone with the Wind and clearly influenced Coppola’s skyscraper imagery and his bewildering mix of futurism and antiquity.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
For Leifer, the irony—that Jews, who had long been pressured by the right to police anti-Zionism, now faced pressure from the left to disavow Zionism in any form—was bewildering.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
The original film was born out of the hectic creative heyday Burton had in the ’80s and ’90s, before he got mired in moribund Disney remakes and bewildering adaptations starring (an otherwise great) Eva Green.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Danilo’s performances in the last three games have been bewildering, seemingly making more mistakes in those 270 minutes than he’s done in the previous five years.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
For Leifer, the irony—that Jews, who had long been pressured by the right to police anti-Zionism, now faced pressure from the left to disavow Zionism in any form—was bewildering.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
The original film was born out of the hectic creative heyday Burton had in the ’80s and ’90s, before he got mired in moribund Disney remakes and bewildering adaptations starring (an otherwise great) Eva Green.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Danilo’s performances in the last three games have been bewildering, seemingly making more mistakes in those 270 minutes than he’s done in the previous five years.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Bewildering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewildering. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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