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bewildered

adjective

  1. deeply confused, perplexed
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bəˈwɪldɚd/ / /bəˈwɪldəd/

adj

  1. Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.

    He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.

    The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate, Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors; Our Underſtanding traces ’em in vain, Loſt and bewilder’d in the fruitleſs Search; […]

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of bewilder