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# bewilderment

«bewilderment» in Mova's school dictionary: **a state of being confused and not understanding what is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bewilderment, no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Bewilderment is a state of being confused and not understanding what is going on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewilderment/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a character is lost in bewilderment after strange events happen.

### examples

- Urashima was lost in bewilderment and trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewilderment/#x1)
- The old man stood in bewilderment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewilderment/#x2)
- Her face showed bewilderment at the sudden news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewilderment/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bewilderment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bewilderment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.