bewilderments

States of baffled confusion

Bewilderments are states of confusion or disorientation, or the things that cause them.

The word suggests being mentally lost, as if in a wilderness with no clear path: The bewilderments of modern technology left him frustrated.

Someone might experience multiple bewilderments when facing unfamiliar situations in rapid succession.

cognitive

confusions

States of mental disorder

disorientation · incomprehension · befuddlement · mystification · daze · stupefaction · mental fog · muddle · discombobulation · addlement

emotional

overwhelm

Defeat by excess

dismay · fluster · agitation · discomposure · perturbation · distress · shock · astonishment · stupor · speechlessness

situational

mazes

Complex path networks

tangles · predicaments · quandaries · conundrums · dilemmas · enigmas · riddles · mysteries · paradoxes · contradictions

Categories
Opposites
mental clarity

bewildermentsclarities

States of transparency

understandings · comprehensions · enlightenments · realizations · insights

emotional composure

bewildermentscomposure

Emotional self-control

equanimity · assurance · confidence · orientation · groundedness

emotional certainty

bewildermentsassurances

Confident pledges given

confidences · certainties · composures · orientations · securities

Family

bewilderment

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G