to bewilder
71obfuscate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. darken, obscure; bewilder. See darkness, unintelligibility. Ant., clarify, enlighten. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. obscure, muddle, confuse; see muddle 1 , confuse . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
72stun — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. benumb, deaden, daze, stupefy; dizzy; dumbfound, astound, astonish, bewilder. See insensibility, surprise. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To render unconscious] Syn. hit, put to sleep, knock out,… …
73befuddle — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bewilder, make drunk, inebriate, muddle; see confuse , intoxicate 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. confuse, muddle, mix up, confound, perplex, fluster, stupefy, boggle, rattle. ANT.: clear one s mind, sober III (Roget s …
74bemuse — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. muddle, bewilder, daze, distract; see confuse . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. confuse, puzzle, bewilder, befuddle, disconcert, addle, confound, daze, mix up, muddle, stupefy. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To dull the… …
75Uncertainty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncertainty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncertainty uncertainty incertitude doubt Sgm: N 1 doubtfulness doubtfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 dubiety dubiety dubitation dubitancy| dubitousness GRP …
76Misteaching — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misteaching >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misteaching misteaching misinformaton misintelligence misguidance misdirection mispersuasion misinstruction misleading &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 perversion perversion false teaching …
77wild — [OE] Wild is a general Germanic word, shared by German and Dutch (wild) and Swedish and Danish (vild). All go back to a prehistoric ancestor *wilthijaz, which in turn was probably descended from Indo European *ghwelt (source of Welsh gwyllt… …
78bewildered — 1680s, pp. adj. from BEWILDER (Cf. bewilder) (q.v.) …
79bewilderment — 1820, condition of being bewildered, from BEWILDER (Cf. bewilder) + MENT (Cf. ment); meaning thing or situation which bewilders is from 1844 …
80confound — v. a. 1. Mingle confusedly, confuse, crowd together in disorder. 2. Confuse with each other, mistake one for another, mistake between. 3. Perplex, bewilder, embarrass, mystify, pose, nonplus, flurry. 4. Surprise, amaze, astonish, astound, stupefy …