puzzlementformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Feelings of surprise and amazement
amazement
astonishment
future shock
incredulity
shock
stupefaction
surprise
wonder
wonderment

Examples of bewilderment

bewilderment
As bewilderment turned into panic, the soldiers got out of control, the chain of command fell apart, and the battlefield became chaotic.
This bewilderment lies in the fact that in these investigations we are talking of the origins of our own speaking and way of living.
It is embedded in his writing as the source of deep bewilderment and psychological disturbance.
We need to examine the role of other moods such as anger\\hostility, confusion\\bewilderment and fatigue as well as anxiety and depression.
It's a little like returning to the village where you were born, the sad bewilderment of discrepancies between what you remember and what's there.
In his bewilderment, the king, like modern governments, turned to scholarly consultants.
Parents still grieve and ask in bewilderment why matters have come to such a sorry pass.
Indeed, the initial reaction to an enquiry in this field must again be one of disappointment and even bewilderment.
Initially, of course, there will be a little bewilderment.
It is an interesting account of genuine bewilderment at culturally different behaviour.
Their language communicates their distress, disorientation and, often, bewilderment.
At the same time, the war city is a loathsome place whose images of enclosure and entrapment deny human dignity, causing bewilderment and disorientation.
As the play unfolded before them in total silence, their violent intentions turned first to bewilderment and eventually to disinterest, as they drifted away during the third act.
The fact that he appeared to move from a state of bewilderment and uncertainty, towards the possession of a certain peace and acceptance, offers some support for this argument.
The proliferation of guidebooks spoke to the bewilderment of the first-time short-term visitor to the city, yet long-term residents too continued to find the experience alienating.
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