bewilderment

Questions about bewilderment

What does bewilderment mean?

bewilderment means "confusion resulting from failure to understand".

How many syllables are in bewilderment?

bewilderment has 4 syllables: be-wil-der-ment. The stress falls on "wil". In IPA it is /bɪˈwɪldɚmənt/.

What is another word for bewilderment?

Close synonyms include obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bewilderment a common word?

bewilderment is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.