as in dazed
suffering from mental confusion
the bewildered child wandered aimlessly around the playground
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as in puzzled
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
the change in policy seems to have bewildered many of our customers
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Recent Examples of bewildered
David Axe, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
There is minimal gore in the death scenes, but the screams and scares still bewildered critics in 1974.
—Edward Frumkin, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
Her hair was messy, and her face had a sort of creased, bewildered look.
—Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
Channeling the Peanuts comic strip, Mafalda is an intellectually precious, rebellious tomboy who regularly confronts her rather bewildered parents, questioning traditional social hierarchies and gender roles.
—Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
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Russian forces have lost only a few vehicles but their bewildered infantry have surrendered to the attacking Ukrainians by the dozen.
—David Axe, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
There is minimal gore in the death scenes, but the screams and scares still bewildered critics in 1974.
—Edward Frumkin, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
Her hair was messy, and her face had a sort of creased, bewildered look.
—Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
Channeling the Peanuts comic strip, Mafalda is an intellectually precious, rebellious tomboy who regularly confronts her rather bewildered parents, questioning traditional social hierarchies and gender roles.
—Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
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One morning, the narrator wakes up late to see that a strangely dazed Yeong-hye has disposed of all their meat—pork belly, shabu-shabu beef, dumplings, eel.Ed Park, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024
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Tyson seems dazed and distracted, preoccupied with the sight of blood on his sleeve; Bodhi threatens to dissolve his partnership with Dwight and quit the business entirely.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Though a human would probably be able to figure out how to escape from a random room, even a highly mobile robot would get confused and waste time looking for doors in nonsensical places like the floors and ceiling.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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The conversation left her confused and gutted — with dozens of questions that could take more than a year to resolve.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
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Critics say that drivers who assume their Tesla can operate safely and with total autonomy tend to become complacent or distracted — and then fail to take manual control when necessary.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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Rawlinson is famously competitive with Tesla chief Elon Musk, recently tweaking his former boss for becoming distracted and letting Lucid seize the mantle of most advanced and innovative EVs.Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2024
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What perfect table setting for a famous comedian, just a few days later, to serve up anachronistic jokes on live TV aimed at dizzy broads and their hooters.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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My pulse kept racing; my mouth went dry and prickly; dizzy spells came on.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Bewildered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewildered. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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