bewilderment

English

Etymology

From bewilder +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bewilderment (countable and uncountable, plural bewilderments)

1. The state of being bewildered.

   She looked around in bewilderment.

2. A confusing or perplexing situation.

Translations

state of being bewildered

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 为难 (zh) (wéinán), 困惑 (zh) (kùnhuò)

• 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
• Maori: pōauautanga
• Occitan: confusion (oc) f, perplexitat (oc) f, desconcertacion f, desvari (oc) m
• Polish: zdziwienie (pl) n
• 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)