Bewildering - English meaning

verb

Totally bewilder or perplex.

Usage examples:

An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone

noun

A device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, etc. or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction.

Usage examples:

You can cut out glare from a strip light by concealing it behind a baffle

verb

To cause someone to be unable to understand or explain something

Usage examples:

Even his friends were baffled by his behavior., a baffling mystery

adjective

Impossible to understand; perplexing.

Usage examples:

The crime is a baffling mystery for the police

verb

Totally bewilder or perplex.

Usage examples:

An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

Usage examples:

If we were caught we were beaten

noun

A main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.

Usage examples:

The glissando begins on the second beat

adjective

Short for beatnik.

verb

Puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone).

Usage examples:

He was bemused by what was happening

verb

To slightly confuse someone

Usage examples:

Her answer bemused us all.

abbreviation

Computer output on microfilm or microfiche.

Usage examples:

A com port

adjective

Consisting of many different and connected parts.

Usage examples:

A complex network of water channels

noun

A group or system of different things that are linked in a close or complicated way; a network.

Usage examples:

A complex of mountain roads

verb

Make (an atom or compound) form a complex with another.

Usage examples:

The dna was complexed with the nuclear extract

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

exclamation

Used to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

Oh confound it, where is the thing?

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

verb

To cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand

Usage examples:

You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly., you’re confusing me with my sister…

adjective

Bewildering or perplexing.

Usage examples:

Up on the sidewalks, new york was a confusing bedlam of sights and sounds

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

adjective

Something that is confusing makes you feel confused because it is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

We have two people called paul james working here, so it's a bit confusing!, the instructions are r…

verb

Disconcert or confuse (someone).

Usage examples:

This attitude totally discombobulated bruce

verb

To confuse someone or make someone feel uncomfortable

verb

Disturb the composure of; unsettle.

Usage examples:

The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her

verb

To make someone feel suddenly uncertain or worried

Usage examples:

He was disconcerted by all the attention he was getting., so this deliberate lack of interest in no…

adjective

Causing one to feel unsettled.

Usage examples:

He had a disconcerting habit of offering jobs to people he met at dinner parties

verb

Disturb the composure of; unsettle.

Usage examples:

The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her

adjective

Making someone feel uncertain and uncomfortable or worried

Usage examples:

There was a disconcerting silence., his message is deeply disconcerting for anyone who values democ…

abbreviation

Feminine.

symbol

(in units of measurement) femto- (10−15).

Usage examples:

The detection limits of the enzymatic activity tests are between 10 and 500 fg per test

noun

The sixth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

They are guaranteed f's if they goof around

verb

Disturb or disconcert (someone).

Usage examples:

She was not fazed by his show of anger

verb

To upset or confuse someone

Usage examples:

Speaking in public does not faze her.

noun

The lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.

Usage examples:

A wooden floor

verb

Provide (a room or area) with a floor.

Usage examples:

A room floored in yellow wood

noun

The flat surface that you walk on when you are inside a building

Usage examples:

A tile floor, hardwood floors, the children sat on the floor., they rented office space on the seco…

verb

Perplex (someone) greatly; bewilder.

Usage examples:

I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing

verb

To confuse someone so much that they do not know what to do

Usage examples:

I have to say that last question flummoxed me.

noun

A carnivorous mammal of the dog family with a pointed muzzle and bushy tail, proverbial for its cunning.

Usage examples:

Eagles, rattlesnakes, deer, pronghorn antelope, foxes, coyotes, and mountain lions roam the area.

verb

Baffle or deceive (someone).

Usage examples:

The abbreviation foxed me completely

adjective

Relating to the fox or their language.

adjective

Impossible to pass through or enter.

Usage examples:

A dark, impenetrable forest

adjective

Impossible to enter or go through

Usage examples:

An impenetrable jungle, too many scholarly books are written in an impenetrable jargon.

adjective

Unable to be explained or accounted for.

Usage examples:

For some inexplicable reason her mind went completely blank

adjective

Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.

Usage examples:

His colleague had vanished in mysterious circumstances

adjective

Strange, not known, or not understood

Usage examples:

She's an actress whose inner life has remained mysterious, despite the many interviews she has give…

verb

Utterly bewilder or perplex (someone).

Usage examples:

I was completely mystified by his disappearance

verb

To confuse someone or make someone uncertain by doing or involving the person in something difficult to explain

Usage examples:

Doctors were mystified by her high fever and headaches.

adjective

Utterly bewildering or perplexing.

Usage examples:

A mystifying phenomenon

verb

Utterly bewilder or perplex (someone).

Usage examples:

I was completely mystified by his disappearance

adjective

Very strange or impossible to explain

Usage examples:

After ten years her mystifying disappearance was still unexplained., the film tells the strange and…

verb

Surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react.

Usage examples:

Diane was nonplussed by such an odd question

noun

A state of being very surprised and confused.

Usage examples:

Reduced to a perfect nonplus, he rose from his chair

verb

Make (someone) feel completely baffled.

Usage examples:

She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

verb

To cause someone to be confused or uncertain over something that is not understood

Usage examples:

The symptoms of the disease have continued to perplex her doctors., just when it appeared that inte…

verb

To confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve

Usage examples:

The disease has continued to perplex doctors.

adjective

Completely baffling; very puzzling.

Usage examples:

A perplexing problem

verb

Make (someone) feel completely baffled.

Usage examples:

She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

adjective

Confusing, often because you do not know how to solve something

Usage examples:

They find the company's attitude perplexing and unreasonable., the rise in childhood mental illness…

verb

Cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand something.

Usage examples:

She was puzzled by the doctor's manner

noun

A game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.

Usage examples:

Those who solve this puzzle in the shortest time are eligible for awards

noun

Something that is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

Their son is a puzzle to them., the police are trying to solve the puzzle of who sent them the lett…

adjective

Causing one to be puzzled; perplexing.

Usage examples:

Only one very puzzling question remains unanswered

verb

Cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand something.

Usage examples:

She was puzzled by the doctor's manner

adjective

Difficult to explain or understand

Usage examples:

It's a rather puzzling film., a puzzling situation

noun

The bottom part of a tree left projecting from the ground after most of the trunk has fallen or been cut down.

Usage examples:

In addition the tree covered quite a large area which, once the stump has been ground out and the s…

verb

(of a question or problem) be too hard for; baffle.

Usage examples:

Education chiefs were stumped by some of the exam questions

verb

Propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.

Usage examples:

I threw a brick through the window

noun

An act of throwing something.

Usage examples:

Holding's throw hit the stumps

verb

Propel through the air

adjective

Unable to be explained.

Usage examples:

A strange and unaccountable fact

adjective

Not able to be explained or understood

Usage examples:

For some unaccountable reason, he forgot his car keys.

adjective

Incapable of being fully explored or understood.

Usage examples:

Her grey eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion

adjective

Impossible to understand

Usage examples:

For some unfathomable reason they built the toilet next to the kitchen.