bewilderment
nounHow many syllables in bewilderment?
There are 4 syllables in the word bewilderment.How to pronounce bewilderment:
Definition of bewilderment:
- bewilderment (noun):
- the state of being perplexed
- confusion resulting from failure to understand.
- the quality or state of being lost, perplexed, or confused the quality or state of being bewildered
Synonyms for bewilderment:
bafflement
bamboozlement
befuddlement
bemusement
confusedness
confusion
disarray
discombobulation
discomfort
dismay
disorientation
distress
embarrassment
fog
head-scratching
maze
mental confusion
muddiness
mystification
obfuscation
perplexity
puzzlement
tangle
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- Arimathea
- Heraclitus
- anesthetic
- alliaceous
- adjudicate
- noncommittal
- courageously
- confidential
- reproductive
- perforated
- episcopal
- embarrassment
- communism
- undiminished
- rectangular
- denouement
- aggressively
- unfortunate
- self-contented
- psychedelic
- irreverent
- illustrated
- extinguisher
- catechism
- veracity
- relentlessness
- inconsistent
- competitive
- virginity
- philatelist
- molecular
- inorganic
- enterprising
- embodiment
- debutante
- cynicism
- preservation
- plagiarize
- innuendo
- Arianna
- affluency
- timeliness
- prosecutor
- operatic
- inheritance
- economist
- cordially
- atmospheric
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- poetically
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Syllable Fun Fact
Secondary stress refers to the minor emphasis that can occur on additional syllables in longer words, distinct from the primary stress.
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