bewilderment definition

English

Etymology

From bewilder +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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

bewilderment (plural bewilderments)

The state of being bewildered.
She looked around in bewilderment.
A confusing or perplexing situation.

Translations

state of being bewildered

Chinese:
Mandarin: 为难 (zh), 困惑 (zh)
Czech: zmatení n
Dutch: verbijstering (nl)
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
Occitan: confusion (oc) f, perplexitat f, desconcertacion f, desvari m
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)

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