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The first real unhappiness I remember to have felt was when some one told me, one day, that I did not love God. I insisted, almost tearfully, that I did; but I was told that if I did truly love Him I should always be good. I knew I was not that, and the feeling of sudden orphanage came over me like a bewildering cloud.
Lucy Larcom

Meaning of "bewildering" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BEWILDERING

bewildering  [bɪˈwɪldərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEWILDERING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bewildering is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BEWILDERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bewildering in the English dictionary

The definition of bewildering in the dictionary is causing utter confusion; puzzling.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEWILDERING


blundering
ˈblʌndərɪŋ
bouldering
ˈbəʊldərɪŋ
considering
kənˈsɪdərɪŋ
doddering
ˈdɒdərɪŋ
gerrymandering
ˌdʒɛrɪˈmændərɪŋ
hindering
ˈhɪndərɪŋ
laundering
ˈlɔːndərɪŋ
meandering
mɪˈændərɪŋ
ordering
ˈɔːdərɪŋ
philandering
fɪˈlændərɪŋ
powdering
ˈpaʊdərɪŋ
rendering
ˈrɛndərɪŋ
shuddering
ˈʃʌdərɪŋ
smoldering
ˈsməʊldərɪŋ
smouldering
ˈsməʊldərɪŋ
tendering
ˈtɛndərɪŋ
thundering
ˈθʌndərɪŋ
wandering
ˈwɒndərɪŋ
well-ordering
ˌwɛlˈɔːdərɪŋ
wondering
ˈwʌndərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEWILDERING

bewet
bewhiskered
bewhore
Bewick
Bewick´s swan
bewig
bewilder
bewildered
bewilderedly
bewilderedness
bewilderingly
bewilderment
bewinged
bewitch
bewitcher
bewitchery
bewitching
bewitchingly
bewitchment
beworm

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEWILDERING

bring
catering
civil engineering
covering
electrical engineering
empowering
engineering
fingering
flattering
flowering
gathering
hovering
lettering
lowering
mechanical engineering
offering
pioneering
recovering
steering
suffering
watering

Synonyms and antonyms of bewildering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEWILDERING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bewildering» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bewildering

Translation of «bewildering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEWILDERING

Find out the translation of bewildering to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bewildering from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bewildering» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人迷惑的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desconcertante
570 millions of speakers

English

bewildering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विस्मयकारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

недоумение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atordoante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুদ্ধিভ্রংশজনক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déroutant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membingungkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verwirrend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

うろたえさせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당혹스러운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bewildering
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bối rối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மலைக்கவைக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोंधळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şaşırtıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sconcertante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oszałamiające
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

здивування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uimitoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απίστευτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verwarrende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbryllande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forvirrende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bewildering

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEWILDERING»

The term «bewildering» is regularly used and occupies the 65.481 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEWILDERING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bewildering» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bewildering» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bewildering

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9 QUOTES WITH «BEWILDERING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bewildering.
1
Owen Arthur
Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
2
Nathaniel Branden
When I was a child, I felt at times that I had been born into an insane asylum, that much of human life appeared to be an insane asylum. It was bewildering.
3
Willa Cather
Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.
4
Lester Holt
At the end of the day, I'm reading the news. I'm not digging ditches. I'm not fighting fires. It's a long day, and it's a lot of responsibility, and it can be a little bewildering sometimes with the schedule. But, you know, it's a job, and they pay me well to do a job.
5
Stephen Hunter
Even my pathological love of Japan and its beauties, glories and eccentricities is sorely tested by 'The Grudge 2,' from Takashi Shimizu, a movie so bewildering and impenetrable that I believe it siphoned off a good 40 IQ points.
6
Arthur Keith
There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races, each at a different stage of cultural evolution, some in need of restraint, many in need of protection; everywhere a bewildering Babel of tongues.
7
Lucy Larcom
The first real unhappiness I remember to have felt was when some one told me, one day, that I did not love God. I insisted, almost tearfully, that I did; but I was told that if I did truly love Him I should always be good. I knew I was not that, and the feeling of sudden orphanage came over me like a bewildering cloud.
8
Charles C. Mann
Japanese maps tend to come in two varieties: small, schematic, and bewildering; and large, fantastically detailed, and bewildering.
9
Edith Wharton
After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEWILDERING»

Discover the use of bewildering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bewildering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bewildering Beasties
Irresistible collection of outrageous visual puns imaginatively embroiders upon the physical features of familiar animals to produce a mutated menagerie of impossible creatures.
Derek Pell, 2013
2
Improper Modernism: Djuna Barnes's Bewildering Corpus
Caselli shows that throughout Barnes's corpus, the repetition of texts, by other authors (from Blake to Middleton) and by Barnes herself, forces us to rethink the relationship between authority and gender in modernism.
Daniela Caselli, 2009
3
A Bewildering Dream and Other Stories
Other tales are written in a more light-hearted and abstract vein, and all demonstrate Sultan's remarkable flair for storytelling. Passionate, humorous, imaginative and colourful, this is a thoughtful and powerful work.
Akram Sultan, 2012
4
Dear Tiny Sepuku: One Little Cartoon's Bold and Bewildering ...
" More important, Tiny Sepuku is completely entertaining. Cursoe's take on the world of work and relationships adds a refreshing perspective to the comics page.
Ken Cursoe, 2003
5
Our new public, a changing clientele: bewildering issues or ...
An exploration of themes of change and issues common among all types of libraries when dealing with the new generation of users called the Millennials .
James Robert Kennedy, Lisa Vardaman, Gerard B. McCabe, 2008
6
What should I believe?: Sorting out today's bewildering ...
Discusses current forms of religious expression, many of which have been repeatedly propagated and rejected since the time of Christ.
Hubert F. Beck, 1980
7
The Bewildering Bond: A Novel for Teenagers
Early in their senior year, Will and Matt , co-captains of a small town football team, who have been bitter life-long enemies (quick to beat each other to a pulp) are forced to cooperate as they work together to solve a mystery involving ...
John Hammond, Gary Hutchison, 2004
8
Bewildering Mazes
This collection of 48 convoluted constructions for maze lovers who really enjoy a challenge is sure to befuddle even the most persistent puzzlers.
Lee Daniel Quinn, 1993
9
A Gertrude Stein Reader
She was one and she was completing expecting and she had been onehaving allshewas having. In having been one having all she was having she had beenone being thatone. In suffering she was bewildering, and inlosingwhat shehadbeen ...
Gertrude Stein, 2014
10
The dad zone: reports from the tender, bewildering, and ...
A humorous look at fatherhood, culled from the author's Arizona newspaper column, features discussion of the dangers of speed crawling, child greed and the tooth fairy, and dirty pacifiers
Michael Burkett, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEWILDERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bewildering is used in the context of the following news items.
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The All Blacks are being treated like royalty ahead of the Samoa Test
... out of the way, and one after the other they went up, down, or sideways in a bewildering flash of colors, bobbing helmets, spokes and wheels. «TVNZ, Jul 15»
2
Star first five Otere Black turns down three offers to stay with …
... out of the way, and one after the other they went up, down, or sideways in a bewildering flash of colors, bobbing helmets, spokes and wheels. «TVNZ, Jul 15»
3
Warriors star Konrad Hurrell hits on Aussie Footy Show presenter on …
... out of the way, and one after the other they went up, down, or sideways in a bewildering flash of colors, bobbing helmets, spokes and wheels. «TVNZ, Jul 15»
4
Cooper Cronk confident he's ready for Origin decider
... out of the way, and one after the other they went up, down, or sideways in a bewildering flash of colors, bobbing helmets, spokes and wheels. «TVNZ, Jul 15»
5
Theater shooting trial: Defense calls star witness, Dr. Raquel Gur …
"It is bewildering to me how they can show up, on a day the court is closed, after 3 o'clock, and show up Monday morning and say 'There's no ... «The Denver Channel, Jul 15»
6
Break the cycle of family violence
... extraordinary leave from work, financial assistance, psychological care or practical help navigating the bewildering environment of the courts. «The Age, Jul 15»
7
Amazon's New Cloud Drive Apps Want Your Photos And Files
Dropbox, Google, Apple and Microsoft all offer a bewildering number of options—with photo backups the typical starting point—though making ... «ReadWrite, Jul 15»
8
GoPro reveals new Hero4 Session mini action cam
One tech industry watcher said it would probably have "niche" appeal, but added that GoPro's current line-up risked bewildering consumers. «BBC News, Jul 15»
9
Tory austerity amounts to war on the vulnerable
It's bewildering that the government can always find money to go to war yet, despite past governments being able to support a fully functioning ... «the Irish News, Jul 15»
10
If We're All About Political Correctness, Why Do We Keep Saying …
Seeing such an incorrect and overlooked term amongst heavily researched material was bewildering. I finally got to thinking more about this ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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