bewilderment

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And his bewilderment was added to by his swift realization of quite another element involved in her frank proposition.

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  1. noun The condition of being confused or disoriented.
  2. noun A situation of perplexity or confusion; a tangle: a bewilderment of lies and half-truths.

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  • The Dago's smile was gone now; his forehead was puckered like a child's in bewilderment, and a darker doubt at the back of his thoughts loomed up in his troubled eyes No," said the Cockney, watching him zestfully. —  Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories
  • Of course Mr. Garson has nothing to do with his nonsense Mr. Adiesen had walked out of the room long before she stopped; and her bewilderment was much increased by Signy saying delightedly Captured! —  Viking Boys
  • Roxy's bewilderment was amusing. —  Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska
  • Week after week, to the bewilderment--one might almost say the consternation--of the physician, he refused to imitate the customary progress of that disease which had been diagnosed as his. —  Sacrifice
  • The tired old eyes are ablaze with grief, bewilderment, and dread commingled. —  A War-Time Wooing A Story
 

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/bəˈwɪldərmənt/
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