bewilderment

English

Etymology

From bewilder +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪˈwɪldəmənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɪˈwɪldəɹmənt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bewilderment (countable and uncountable, plural bewilderments)

1. The state of being bewildered.

   She looked around in bewilderment.

2. A confusing or perplexing situation.

Translations

state of being bewildered

Catalan: desconcert m, perplexitat f, confusió (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 为难 (zh) (wéinán), 困惑 (zh) (kùnhuò) Czech: zmatení n Dutch: verbijstering (nl) Esperanto: (please verify) konfuzo Finnish: hämmennys (fi), äimistys French: ahurissement (fr) m, confusion (fr) f, perplexité (fr) f German: Fassungslosigkeit (de) f, Verblüfftheit f, Verdutztheit f, Verdutzung f Greek: αμηχανία (el) f (amichanía), σύγχυση (el) f (sýnchysi) Hebrew: תימהון Italian: confusione (it) f, perplessità (it) f, disorientamento (it) m Maori: pōauautanga Occitan: confusion (oc) f, perplexitat (oc) f, desconcertacion f, desvari (oc) m Ottoman Turkish: شاشقینلق (şaşkınlık) Polish: zdziwienie (pl) n Romanian: uluire (ro) f, consternare (ro) f, stupoare (ro) f Russian: недоуме́ние (ru) n (nedouménije), замеша́тельство (ru) n (zamešátelʹstvo) Sanskrit: मोहन (sa) n (mohana) Spanish: desconcierto (es), perplejidad (es)

A confusing or perplexing situation

Czech: zmatek (cs) m Finnish: sekasorto (fi) Greek: παραζάλη (el) f (parazáli) Irish: cíor thuathail f Russian: неразбериха (ru) (nerazberixa), пу́таница (ru) f (pútanica)

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Bulgarian: объркване (bg) (obǎrkvane), смущаване (bg) (smuštavane), озадачаване (ozadačavane)