bewilderment
UK/bɪˈwɪldəmənt//bɪˈwɪldəɹmənt/
bewilderment noun: the state of being bewildered.
Noun
bewilderment (countable and uncountable, plural bewilderments)
- The state of being bewildered.
- She looked around in bewilderment.
- A confusing or perplexing situation.
- Her flutter--pale disconcerted ghost as she actually was, a broken white flower tied round, almost grotesquely for his present sense, with a huge satin "bow" of the Boulevard--her flutter had been mainly that of ribbons, frills and fine fabrics; all funny, pathetic evidence, for memory, of the...1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl, page 99
bewilderment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
bewilderment in Hindi
- state of being bewildered
- व्यग्रता vyagratā, आकुलता ākultā
bewilderment in Tamil
- திகைப்பு
bewilderment in Urdu
- پریشانی, وحشت زدگی
bewilderment in Malayalam
- അമ്പരപ്പ്, സംഭ്രമം
More languagesFewer languages
- bewilderment in Kannada
- ಹೈರಾಣ hairāṇa
- bewilderment in Punjabi
- ਹੈਰਤ hairat
- bewilderment in Sanskrit
- मोहन mohana
Examples of bewilderment in a sentence
- "Rich as an Argentine" was a phrase my Brooklyn grandfather often repeated to my bewilderment.
- His elderly aunt said in bewilderment, "Maybe the search was illegal, I don't know.
- "Och, man, it's only the Beltane ree," he said with a lively twinkle, enjoying our bewilderment.
Forms of bewilderment
| plural | bewilderments |
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Origin of bewilderment
From bewilder + -ment.
Questions about bewilderment
- What does bewilderment mean?
- Bewilderment means the state of being bewildered.
- What is bewilderment in Hindi?
- Bewilderment in Hindi is व्यग्रता (vyagratā), आकुलता (ākultā). See Bewilderment meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bewilderment?
- Bewilderment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bewilderment?
- Bewilderment is pronounced /bɪˈwɪldəmənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bewilderment?
- The plural of bewilderment is bewilderments.
Words near bewilderment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bewilderment (page history and authors); bewilderment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bewilderment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bewilderment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಹೈರಾಣ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਹੈਰਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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