VERB | cognition | bewilder, perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | be a mystery or bewildering to |
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emotion | bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw | cause to be confused / confused emotionally |
Sounds | bihwih'lder | |
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Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... |
Meaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will bewilder him; The good news will bewilder her; The performance is likely to bewilder Sue | |
Synonyms | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | |
Narrower | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle | |
stump, mix up | Cause to be perplexed or confounded | |
Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
Spanish | asombrar, confundir, desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, sorprender | |
Catalan | desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar | |
Nouns | bewilderment | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
Meaning | Cause to be confused / confused emotionally. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will bewilder him; The good news will bewilder her; The performance is likely to bewilder Sue | |
Synonyms | bemuse, discombobulate, throw | |
Broader | upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit | Cause to lose one's composure |
Spanish | desconcertar | |
Catalan | desconcertar |
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