BEWILDERMENTS Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word bewilderments. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BEWILDERMENTS
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complexities | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being intricate and compounded | ||||||||
complications | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act or process of complicating • a situation or condition that is complex or confused • any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease • a development that complicates a situation • puzzling complexity | ||||||||
confusions | nounn | |||||||
noun • disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably • a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior • a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused • an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended • a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | ||||||||
conundrums | nounn | |||||||
noun • a difficult problem | ||||||||
dilemmas | nounn | |||||||
noun • state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options | ||||||||
enigmas | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained • a difficult problem | ||||||||
intricacies | nounn | |||||||
noun • marked by elaborately complex detail | ||||||||
intrigues | verbv | |||||||
noun • a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends • a clandestine love affair verb • cause to be interested or curious • form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner | ||||||||
mazes | nounn | |||||||
noun • complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost • something jumbled or confused | ||||||||
mysteries | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained • a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie | ||||||||
perplexities | nounn | |||||||
noun • trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | ||||||||
puzzles | nounn | |||||||
noun • a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution • a game that tests your ingenuity verb • be a mystery or bewildering to • be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide | ||||||||
quandaries | nounn | |||||||
noun • a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one • state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options | ||||||||
riddles | nounn | |||||||
noun • a difficult problem • a coarse sieve (as for gravel) verb • pierce with many holes • set a difficult problem or riddle • separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff • spread or diffuse through • speak in riddles • explain a riddle | ||||||||
uncertainties | nounn | |||||||
noun • being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance • the state of being unsure of something | ||||||||
bafflement | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||||
befuddlement | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||||
bemusement | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||||
mystification | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand • something designed to mystify or bewilder • the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered | ||||||||
obfuscation | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand • the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered • darkening or obscuring the sight of something | ||||||||