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bewildered

/bəˈwɪldɚd/ adjective C1
  1. Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain. · He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.
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“Oh,” repeated the young girl, almost bewildered, “can I not leave the house?—can I not escape?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1000 · C1
The electric lights dazzled her eyes, the perfume and hum bewildered her.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 282 · C1
Barry had engaged to stay with the children during her absence, was helpless and bewildered, quite incapable of thinking what to do, or doing it if she thought of it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 137 · C1
I smiled at his bewildered expression.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 2 · B2

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