Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Bewilderment; confusion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment.
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- noun The state of being
bewildered ;confusion ;bewilderment .
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Examples
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As he sat in be wilderment, the boat landed on the beach.
Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995
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In the country, neglected farms and buildings falling into disrepair testified that the slaves, who had carried the South's whole ag - rarian system on their broad shoulders, were now [freeman] [free men], most of whom would bear no burden for a long time but their own tragic be - wilderment.
Manuscript Draft: Walter Reed: Doctor in Uniform, by Laura Wood, [19 -- ] 1943
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O the wilderment of the moon at him, when he appears!
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II Anonymous 1879
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