bewilder

Object

• array: A bewildering array of directional signs faced him on the wall.
• rapidity: The priests and religious who serve here must adapt to the many different roles that the Cathedral serves, sometimes with bewildering rapidity.
• maze: It is a bewildering maze of funds equally matched by complex application procedures.
• assortment: One of the most daunting aspects for new chatters is the bewildering assortment of coded letters and symbols that appear in chat room messages.
• variety: The bulk of the book contains a list of agreed prices for a bewildering variety of silks.
• succession: None of this bewildering succession of health service reforms has changed the fundamental governance and accountability arrangements of the NHS.

Subject

• choice: A younger person's enthusiasm for new technology could leave you bewildered by choices on offer.
• range: Time has come for some new tires and I find myself somewhat bewildered by the range available.

Modifying Another Word

• utterly: It's not bad, it's just utterly bewildering.
• somewhat: Somewhat bewildered he said, " I would love to know how you manage to turn up everywhere?
• slightly: I sat there slightly bewildered, no longer quite certain about what might be happening in the vicinity.
• totally: To leave Preston totally bewildered at how they managed to let Brierley Hill off the hook.
• rather: His family were always supportive of him, albeit rather bewildered by his chosen path.
• sometimes: In a book of fewer than 200 pages, the author draws on an extensive and sometimes bewildering range of sources.

Used with why or when

• when: So they are bewildered when a well-loved member of the community is found dead in the maple woods.
• why: Tomasz Frankowski is bewildered why he hasn't scored.

Infinitive complement

• find: Even if you went into the court you would be bewildered to find that our magistrates courts have become junior crown courts.
• see: At first, it's bewildering to see how much of a technical advance the second game is.

Preposition: by

• choice: A younger person's enthusiasm for new technology could leave you bewildered by choices on offer.
• range: Time has come for some new tires and I find myself somewhat bewildered by the range available.