Antonyms for bewilderment
bɪˈwɪl dər məntbe·wil·der·ment

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1. bewilderment

   Amazement and astonishment both express the momentary overwhelming of the mind by that which is beyond expectation. Astonishment especially affects the emotions, amazement the intellect. Awe is the yielding of the mind to something supremely grand in character or formidable in power, and ranges from apprehension or dread to reverent worship. Admiration includes delight and regard. Surprise lies midway between astonishment and amazement, and usually respects matters of lighter consequence or such as are less startling in character. Amazement may be either pleasing or painful, as when induced by the grandeur of the mountains, or by the fury of the storm. We can say pleased surprise, but scarcely pleased astonishment. Amazement has in it something of confusion or bewilderment; but confusion and bewilderment may occur without amazement, as when a multitude of details require instant attention. Astonishment may be without bewilderment or confusion. Wonder is often pleasing, and may be continuous in view of that which surpasses our comprehension; as, the magnitude, order, and beauty of the heavens fill us with increasing wonder. Compare PERPLEXITY.

   Antonyms:
   anticipation, calmness, composure, coolness, expectation, indifference, preparation, self-possession, steadiness, stoicism

   Synonyms:
   admiration, amazement, astonishment, awe, confusion, perplexity, surprise, wonder

   Preposition:
   I was filled with amazement at such reckless daring.

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1. • Confusion

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusementnoun

   confusion resulting from failure to understand

   Synonyms:
   bemusement, mystification, bafflement, puzzlement, obfuscation, befuddlement

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1. bewildermentnoun

   Synonyms:
   perplexity, confusion, mystification, obfuscation

How to use bewilderment in a sentence?

1. Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky:

   Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

2. Ian Maxwell:

   It’s really shocking, another death by hanging in a high-security prison. My reaction is one of total shock and bewilderment.

3. Dearrick DeSaussure:

   There's anger. There's frustration There's bewilderment., because it's home.

4. Freeman John Dyson:

   It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.

5. Frank Moore Colby:

   Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.

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