bewilder

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbewilderbe‧wil‧der /bɪˈwɪldə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] CONFUSEDto confuse someone He was bewildered by his daughter’s reaction.Grammar Bewilder is usually passive.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpusbewilder• For those unemployed and with a family, the added worry of responsibility for the next generation must be bewildering.• The old general store had gone but the shade thorn tree was still there, bewildered by its surround of concrete pavement.• His doctors were bewildered by the cause of such severe hives.• You could hardly blame them, though, for feeling bewildered from time to time.• But it bewildered him and, in a sense, made him resentful.• The old men, terrified, bewildered, huddled together.• The money that changes hands can take a bewildering variety of forms and flow in various directions.Origin bewilder (1600-1700) wilder "to lead the wrong way, confuse" ((17-19 centuries)), perhaps from wilderness

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Verb table

bewilder

Simple Form

Present

I, you, we, they bewilder

he, she, it bewilders

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Past

I, you, he, she, it, we, they bewildered

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have bewildered

he, she, it has bewildered

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had bewildered

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will bewilder

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have bewildered

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Continuous Form

Present

I am bewildering

he, she, it is bewildering

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you, we, they are bewildering

Past

I, he, she, it was bewildering

you, we, they were bewildering

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have been bewildering

he, she, it has been bewildering

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been bewildering

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be bewildering

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been bewildering

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