bewildered
Very confused and unsure what is happening.
bewildered in a sentence
- Bewildered by the twisting corridors, the twins had no idea which door led outside.
- The tourists looked bewildered by the map, turning it round and round in complete confusion.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to bewildered?
- Asure
- Bconfused
- Cclear
- Dcertain
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B: confused. The other three mean the opposite of bewildered.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to bewildered?
- Apuzzled
- Bconfused
- Clost
- Dcertain
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D: certain. The other three mean nearly the same as bewildered.
Words that mean something similar
confused, puzzled, lost
Words that mean the opposite
certain, sure, clear
More words about thinking & learning
- blunder: A silly, careless mistake.
- clarify: To make something easier to understand.
- classify: To sort things into groups that are alike.
- competent: Able to do something well enough.
- complex: Made of many parts, and hard to understand or work out.
- comprehend: To fully understand something.
- concoct: To make something by mixing things, or to invent a story or plan.
- conscious: Awake, and aware of what is happening around you.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test