bewildering
adjective
be·wil·der·ing
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Definition of bewildering
: extremely confusing or difficult to understand
an utterly bewildering experience a bewildering number of possibilities … a place of odd traditions and bewildering practices.— David Williamson
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In 2012, the Los Angeles Philharmonic won a bewildering Grammy for a performance of Brahms’ Fourth Symphony, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. — Los Angeles Times, "Commentary: Classical streaming has arrived. How do the new services stack up?," 29 Aug. 2019 The summary, though, offers all the perspective necessary about the bewildering route. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Jockey Flavien Prat shifts from epic Kentucky Derby to chase for Del Mar title," 28 Aug. 2019 Facebook, for example, has terms of service and related policies that stretch for over 35,000 words, about as long as The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, and as bewildering as Narnia. — Stephen Nowicki, WIRED, "Big Tech Needs to Use Hazardous Materials Warnings," 10 Aug. 2019 The area was a bewildering Venn diagram of India’s singular spiritual history: Jain caves, Hindu temples, Muslim shrines, Ashokan stupas. — Paul Salopek, The New Yorker, "Walking the Path of the Buddha in a Neglected Corner of India," 9 Aug. 2019 The 45-page conclusion to the epic HBO show, written by showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, contains some of Season 8's biggest (and most bewildering) moments, from Daenerys Targaryen's death to Bran the Broken's pseudo-coronation. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Game of Thrones Finale Script Reveals Why Drogon Burned the Iron Throne Down," 1 Aug. 2019 The most recent estimates show Louisiana losing its coastal marshes at a bewildering rate: almost a football field’s worth of land every hour, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. — Tristan Baurick, nola.com, "The River’s Revenge: The Mississippi remains critical to our prosperity, but hostile to attempts to control it," 15 June 2019 As with photographs of cruelty from the Nazi ghettos and concentration camps, and from the Khmer Rouge’s S-21 death camp, bewildering questions arise: Why were these photographs taken? — Susie Linfield, The New York Review of Books, "Syria’s Torture Photos: Witness to Atrocity," 9 Feb. 2019 This multitool is the size of a matchbox, but includes a bewildering array of hex bits, screwdrivers, and the like, including the all-necessary bottle opener. — Wired Staff, WIRED, "19 Great Weekend Deals on Camping Gear, Games, and Tech," 3 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bewildering.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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