What is another word for bewildering ?

too difficult to understand

Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available

difficult to understand

impossible to understand

full of twists and turns

ravelled^UK

raveled^US

too hard to understand

all Greek to you

double Dutch

laboured^UK

skillful^US

labored^US

skilful^UK

potentially dishonest

imperceptible to the touch

flakey^US

flaky^UK

customized^US

specialized^US

gray^US

grey^UK

phony^US

phoney^UK

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

specialised^UK

customised^UK

not easily understood

like nothing on earth

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“This side of glory we are left to wrestle, at times, with quite bewildering providences.”

Adjective

beyond the bounds of possibility

Having an unusually strange character or behavior

flakey^US

flaky^UK

like nothing on earth

marvelous^US

never to be forgotten

without rhyme or reason

marvellous^UK

not worth considering

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

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Adjective

Surprisingly impressive or notable

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

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Adjective

Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm

dishonoring^US

bedevilling^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

bedeviling^US

enough to drive you up the wall

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Adjective

Causing a feeling of surprise, fear or dismay

fetid^US

foetid^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

terrorizing^US

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

terrorising^UK

like the back end of a bus

humourless^UK

humorless^US

unfavorable^US

anaemic^UK

anemic^US

flavorless^US

flavourless^UK

too horrible for words

colourful^UK

paralysing^UK

libellous^UK

libelous^US

paralyzing^US

gray^US

grey^UK

colorful^US

ill-favored^US

that dare not speak its name

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Adjective

Tending to make one (actually or metaphorically) dizzy or confused

Adjective

economical with the truth

Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression

phony^US

phoney^UK

colored^US

coloured^UK

terminologically inexact

bearing false witness

to all intents and purposes

not backed up by evidence

not what it is cracked up to be

not entirely truthful

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Adjective

Distressing to the mind or senses

unfavorable^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

looking on the black side

humourless^UK

humorless^US

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

ill-favored^US

with no chance of success

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Adjective

neither one thing nor the other

Having a meaning that is open to several interpretations

vague

imprecise

loose

generalised^UK

generalized^US

wooly^US

woolly^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

meagre^UK

meager^US

unknowable

neither fish nor fowl

not easily understood

blurred round the edges

on the back of an envelope

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Verb

The causing of amazement

Verb

making someone scratch their head

Present participle for to throw into a state of confusion or uncertainty

setting someone thinking

balling up

blowing one's mind

messing with one's head

going to one's head

causing to be at a stand

stopping someone in their tracks

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

putting someone off their stroke

knocking the stuffing out of

putting out of countenance

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

psyching

throwing a curve

pothering

throwing into a tizzy

setting someone back on their heels

putting into a flap

crazing

taking someone's breath away

making waves

hitting like a ton of bricks

balking^US

baulking^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

putting someone off their stride

consternating

taking your breath away

knocking over with feather

pulling the rug from under

afflicting

depressing

pulling the rug out from under

taking the wind out of your sails

flipping

giving a turn

getting at

causing someone to lose their composure

giving someone a turn

galvanizing^US

knocking the stuffing out of someone

galvanising^UK

filling with amazement

boggling someone's mind

bringing around

rattling one's cage

putting someone off his stride

putting out

taking one's breath away

causing wonder

springing something on

raveling^US

ravelling^UK

putting out of action

causing to lose your bearings

putting the wind up someone

lousing up

filling with consternation

mucking up

bringing someone up short

catching somebody unawares

catching somebody off balance

knocking one's socks off

hurting somebody's feelings

getting on someone's wick

running circles around

sweeping someone off their feet

throwing into confusion

discrediting

dishonouring^UK

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

grossing out

shaking out of your complacency

making awkward

making ashamed

making self-conscious

throwing into disorder

dishonoring^US

scaring the bejesus out of

throwing into a panic

scaring the pants off

making unhappy

taking control of

making your hair stand on end

scaring the living daylights out of

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

giving someone goose pimples

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

scaring away

getting the wind up

dumping on

hurting someone's feelings

dampening

curdling the blood

putting the fear of God into

making your blood run cold

throwing into a fright

getting someone down

damping

scaring someone out of their wits

throwing into a blue funk

getting down

making jump

hurting one's feelings

making sad

making someone jump out of their skin

causing agony to

frightening the living daylights out of

labouring^UK

causing discomfort to

laboring^US

chilling to the marrow

rubbing the wrong way

making someone's hair stand on end

bending someone's ear

pushing the buttons of

putting off his or her stride

taking the wind out of someone's sails

making one's teeth chatter

scaring the pants off of

scaring the living daylights out of someone

making someone jump out of his skin

making one's blood run cold

causing someone distress

giving someone a fright

giving someone a jolt

going out of one's way

going to the trouble of

distorting

devitalizing

carping

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

sending over the edge

hurting the feelings of

brutalising^UK

inflicting anguish on

brutalizing^US

breaking the heart of

making a big thing of

making a big thing out of

giving someone a hard time

making a mountain out of a molehill

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

breaking someone's heart

making someone fed up

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

making desolate

making despondent

making your heart bleed

tugging at someone's heartstrings

tugging at the heart

turning one's stomach

making one sick

causing aversion

surfeiting

causing to feel nauseous

making someone want to throw up

cloying on

making shudder

filling with loathing

chilling someone to the marrow

making one's flesh creep

making teeth chatter

giving one the creeps

making blood run cold

scaring someone half to death

firing the enthusiasm of

firing the imagination of

pepping up

steaming up

lighting a fire under

asking for it

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“What a sesquipedalian terminology it is with which they bewilder the lay mind and overpower the student!”

Verb

pulling the wool over somebody's eyes

Present participle for to beat in a competition of wits

getting the better of

pulling a fast one on

outperforming

going one better than

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

taking to the cleaners

chiselling^UK

chiseling^US

doing someone in the eye

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

falsifying

playing away

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